Evidence on impact of community-based environmental management on dengue transmission in Santiago de Cuba

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 744-747

  Toledo, Maria E ^a   Rodriguez, Adriana ^b   Valdés, Luis ^b   Carrión, Rigoberto ^c   Cabrera, Georgina ^c   Banderas, Digna ^d   Ceballos, Enrique ^d   Domeqc, Mireya ^c   Peña, Carilda ^b   Baly, Alberto ^a   Vanlerberghe, Veerle ^e   Van der Stuyft, Patrick ^e  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b Centro Provincial de Higiene   (Cuba)

^c Policlínico Universitario 'José Martí'   (Cuba)

^d Unidad Provincial de Vigilancia y Lucha Antivectorial   (Cuba)

^e INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Community based strategies; Cuba; Dengue; Outbreak; Vector control

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER; DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; COMMUNITY TRIAL; COMMUNITY WORKING GROUP; CUBA; DENGUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; VECTOR CONTROL;

AEDES; ANIMALS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CUBA; DENGUE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MOSQUITO CONTROL;

CUBA; SANTIAGO DE CUBA;

AEDES AEGYPTI;

EID: 79955755249     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02762.x     Document Type: Article

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