Cell phone-based system (chaak) for surveillance of immatures of dengue virus mosquito vectors

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 879-889

  Lozano Fuentes, Saul ^a   Wedyan, Fadi ^b   Hernandez Garcia, Edgar ^c   Sadhu, Devadatta ^a   Ghosh, Sudipto ^a   Bieman, James M ^a   Tep Chel, Diana ^d   García Rejón, Julián E ^c   Eisen, Lars ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^c Centro de Investigaciones Regionales   (Mexico)

^d Instituto Tecnologico Superior de Motul   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; cell phone; dengue; informatics; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARTICLE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE CARRIER; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSECT; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; MOBILE PHONE; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CELLULAR PHONE; CULICIDAE; DATA COLLECTION; DENGUE VIRUS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MEXICO; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUPA;

EID: 84880426220     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME13008     Document Type: Article

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