Abundance of water bodies is critical to guide mosquito larval control interventions and predict risk of mosquito-borne diseases

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Valle, Denis ^a   Zaitchik, Benjamin ^b   Feingold, Beth ^a   Spangler, Keith ^b   Pan, William ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Disease risk mapping; Distribution of water bodies; Larval control; Malaria; Mosquito breeding habitat

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HABITAT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFECTION RISK; INSECT CONTROL; MOSQUITO; POPULATION ATTRIBUTABLE FRACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; LAKES; MOSQUITO CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS;

EID: 84879061507     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-179     Document Type: Article

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