Advances in developing a climate based dengue outbreak models in Dhaka, Bangladesh: Challenges & opportunities

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-9

  Githeko, Andrew K ^a  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; BED NET; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENGUE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL RAIN FOREST; SEASONAL VARIATION; VECTOR CONTROL;

BANGLADESH; CITIES; CLIMATE; DENGUE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84865508403     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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