Does targeting key-containers effectively reduce Aedes aegypti population density?

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 965-973

  Maciel de Freitas, Rafael ^a   Lourenço de Oliveira, Ricardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Container; Control; Dengue; Diptera; Disease transmission

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GUIDELINE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; MOSQUITO; POPULATION DENSITY; PUPA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BREEDING; BREEDING SUCCESS; CONTAINER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; METAL DRUM; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); URBAN AREA; VIRUS ISOLATION; WATER TANK;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; PUPA; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; DIPTERA;

EID: 79960208587     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02797.x     Document Type: Article

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