New baseline environmental assessment of mosquito ecology in northern Haiti during increased urbanization

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 46-58

  Samson, Dayana M ^a   Archer, Reginald S ^b   Alimi, Temitope O ^b   Arheart, Kristopher L ^a   Impoinvil, Daniel E ^c   Oscar, Roland ^d   Fuller, Douglas O ^b   Qualls, Whitney A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d Ministry of Public Health and Population   (Haïti)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Earthquake; Haiti; Mosquitoes; Rapid urbanization; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANOPHELES ALBIMANUS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; CULEX; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAITI; INSECT VECTOR; LARVA; MALARIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; REMOTE SENSING; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION; URBANIZATION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CULEX; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAITI; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MALARIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84930342045     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: 19487134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvec.12131     Document Type: Article

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