Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Dengue and Lymphatic Filariasis Vectors along an Altitudinal Transect in Central Nepal

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Dhimal, Meghnath ^a,b,c   Gautam, Ishan ^d   Kreß, Aljoscha ^b   Müller, Ruth ^b   Kuch, Ulrich ^b,c  

^a Minister for Health and Population Nepal   (Nepal)

^b BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DENGUE; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMIDITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MALE; METEOROLOGY; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; ZOOLOGY; AEDES; ANIMAL; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; TRANSMISSION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CULEX; DENGUE; ECOSYSTEM; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEPAL; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84905446556     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003035     Document Type: Article

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