Integrating the public in mosquito management: Active education by community peers can lead to significant reduction in peridomestic container mosquito habitats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Healy, Kristen ^a,d   Hamilton, George ^a   Crepeau, Taryn ^b   Healy, Sean ^b,d   Unlu, Isik ^c   Farajollahi, Ary ^c   Fonseca, Dina M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Monmouth County Mosquito Extermination Commission   (United States)

^c Mercer County Mosquito Control   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; HABITAT; HOME; HUMAN; LARVA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PEST MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUBURBAN AREA; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VOLUNTEER; ANIMAL; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEASON;

ANIMALS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CULICIDAE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; NEW JERSEY; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SEASONS;

EID: 84907584830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108504     Document Type: Article

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