Breteau Index threshold levels indicating risk for dengue transmission in areas with low Aedes infestation

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 173-175

  Sanchez, L ^a   Cortinas, J ^b   Pelaez, O ^a   Gutierrez, H ^a   Concepcion D ^a   Van Der Stuyft, P ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti control; Cuba; Dengue; Larval indices; Surveillance; Transmission risk

Indexed keywords

DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE INFESTATION; POPULATION OUTBREAK; RISK FACTOR; THRESHOLD;

AEDES; ARTICLE; BRETEAU INDEX; CUBA; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFESTATION; PARAMETERS OF MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CUBA; DENGUE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MOSQUITO CONTROL;

CIUDAD DE LA HABANA; CUBA; HAVANA;

AEDES AEGYPTI;

EID: 74349096137     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02437.x     Document Type: Article

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