Eco-bio-social research on dengue in Asia: A multicountry study on ecosystem and community-based approaches for the control of dengue vectors in urban and peri-urban Asia

Pathogens and Global Health

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 428-435

  Sommerfeld, Johannes ^a   Kroeger, Axel ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community based interventions; Dengue; Eco bio social research; EcoHealth; India; Indonesia; Integrated vector management; Intersectoral; IVM; Myanmar; Philippines; Sri lanka; Thailand; Urban and peri urban Asia; Vector borne diseases

Indexed keywords

PYRIPROXYFEN;

AEDES; ARTICLE; ASIA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BED NET; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DENGUE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; URBAN POPULATION; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84871941050     PISSN: 20477724     EISSN: 20477732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2047773212Y.0000000055     Document Type: Article

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