Risk Factors for the Presence of Chikungunya and Dengue Vectors (Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus), Their Altitudinal Distribution and Climatic Determinants of Their Abundance in Central Nepal

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Dhimal, Meghnath ^a,b,c   Gautam, Ishan ^d   Joshi, Hari Datt ^a   O’Hara, Robert B ^b   Ahrens, Bodo ^b,c   Kuch, Ulrich ^c  

^a Minister for Health and Population Nepal   (Nepal)

^b SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN; VIRUS VECTOR;

ADULT; AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BRETEAU INDEX; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CONTAINER INDEX; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DENGUE VIRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HOUSE INDEX; HUMIDITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES COMPOSITION; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; ZOOLOGY; AEDES; ANIMAL; CHIKUNGUNYA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; HUMAN; NEPAL; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DENGUE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; NEPAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84928790605     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003545     Document Type: Article

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