A Critical Assessment of Vector Control for Dengue Prevention

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Achee, Nicole L ^a   Gould, Fred ^b   Perkins, T Alex ^a,c   Reiner, Robert C ^c,d   Morrison, Amy C ^e,f   Ritchie, Scott A ^g   Gubler, Duane J ^h,i   Teyssou, Remy ⁱ   Scott, Thomas W ^c,e,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f California   (Peru)

^g JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

ⁱ Partnership for Dengue Control   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENGUE VACCINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; DENGUE; DISEASE ASSESSMENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; VACCINATION; VECTOR CONTROL; AEDES; ANIMAL; DENGUE VIRUS; EPIDEMICS; INSECT VECTOR; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VIROLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84930630065     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003655     Document Type: Review

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