Geographic and ecological distribution of the dengue and chikungunya virus vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in three major Cameroonian towns

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 132-141

  Kamgang, B ^a,b   Happi, J Y ^c   Boisier, P ^d   Njiokou, F ^c   Herve J P ^a   Simard, F ^a,e   Paupy, C ^a,f  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b Laboratoire de Recherche sur le Paludisme Yaounde   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^d CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^e Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique   (Burkina Faso)

^f CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Aedes albopictus; Cameroon; Larval ecology; Typology; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE VECTOR; HEALTH RISK; MOSQUITO; PARASITE INFESTATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS;

CAMEROON; CENTRAL AFRICA; CENTRE [CAMEROON]; DOUALA; GAROUA; LITTORAL; NORD PROVINCE; YAOUNDE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARBOVIRUS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; DEMOGRAPHY; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CAMEROON; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; DEMOGRAPHY; DENGUE VIRUS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA;

EID: 77954150547     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2010.00869.x     Document Type: Article

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