Sustainability and cost of a community-based strategy against Aedes aegypti in northern and central Vietnam

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 822-830

  Kay, Brian H ^a   Tran, T Tuyet Hanh ^b   Nguyen, Hoang Le ^c   Tran, Minh Quy ^d   Vu, Sinh Nam ^e   Hang, Phan V D ^f   Nguyen, Thi Yen ^c   Hill, Peter S ^g   Vos, Theo ^g   Peter, A Ryan ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b HANOI UNIVERSITY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^d Institute of Malariology Parasitology and Entomology   (Viet Nam)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

^f University of Queensland ^*  (Viet Nam)

^g UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; INFECTION CONTROL; VIET NAM;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; COPEPODA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; VIETNAM;

AEDES AEGYPTI; MESOCYCLOPS;

EID: 77952710922     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0503     Document Type: Article

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