Why do we need alternative tools to control mosquito-borne diseases in latin america?

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 828-829

  Maciel de Freitas, Rafael ^a   Aguiar, Raquel ^a   Bruno, Rafaela V ^b   Guimarães, Maria Cristina ^c   Lourenço de Oliveira, Ricardo ^a   Sorgin, Marcos H F ^b   Struchiner, Cláudio J ^a   Valle, Denise ^a   O'Neill, Scott L ^d   Moreira, Luciano A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Oswaldo Cruz Foundation   (Brazil)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Chikungunya; Control; Dengue; Malaria; Surveillance; Yellow fever

Indexed keywords

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHIKUNGUNYA; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; HUMAN; MALARIA; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; WOLBACHIA;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DENGUE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LATIN AMERICA; MALARIA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84866984517     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000600021     Document Type: Article

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