Risk Factors for Mosquito House Entry in the Lao PDR

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Hiscox, Alexandra ^a,b   Khammanithong, Phasouk ^c   Kaul, Surinder ^d   Sananikhom, Pany ^d   Luthi, Ruedi ^d   Hill, Nigel ^b   Brey, Paul T ^a   Lindsay, Steve W ^e  

^a Institut Pasteur du Laos   (Laos)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Khammouane Provincial Health Office   (Laos)

^d Nam Theun 2 Power Company   (Laos)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; HOME ENVIRONMENT; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INSECT CONTROL; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; MOSQUITO HOUSE ENTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CATTLE; CULEX; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LAKES; LAOS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POWER PLANTS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84877917458     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062769     Document Type: Article

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