Vector control interventions for Visceral Leishmaniasis elimination initiative in South Asia, 2005-2010

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-31

  Picado, Albert ^a   Dash, Aditya P ^b   Bhattacharya, Sujit ^b   Boelaert, Marleen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Department of Communicable Diseases   (India)

Author keywords

Elimination; Indoor residual spraying; Insecticide treated nets; Integrated vector control; Phlebotomus argentipes; Visceral Leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; BANGLADESH; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INDIA; INSECTICIDE TREATED NET; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PHLEBOTOMUS; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; SOUTH ASIA; VECTOR CONTROL; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; BANGLADESH; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; INSECTICIDES; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; NEPAL; PHLEBOTOMUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84865517057     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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