Willingness to pay for mosquito control: How important is west nile virus risk compared to the nuisance of mosquitoes?

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 886-892

  Dickinson, Katherine ^a   Paskewitz, Susan ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Culex; Mosquito control; Mosquitoes; Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COST; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS; WISCONSIN; YOUNG ADULT;

HEXAPODA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84867224633     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0810     Document Type: Article

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