Testing the effectiveness of community-based dengue vector control interventions using semiparametric mixed models

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 609-615

  Sanchez, Lizet ^a   Maringwa, Jonh ^b   Shkedy, Ziv ^c   Castro, Marta ^a   Carbonell, Nestor ^d   Van Der Stuyft, Patrick ^e  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b Quantitative Solution   (Netherlands)

^c HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d Department of Mathematics   (Cuba)

^e INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Cuba; dengue; participation; prevention and control; semiparametric mixed model

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CUBA; DENGUE; EMPOWERMENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VECTOR CONTROL;

AEDES; ANIMALS; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CUBA; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOSQUITO CONTROL;

AEDES AEGYPTI;

EID: 84864070739     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0690     Document Type: Article

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