Aedes aegypti Larval Indices and Risk for Dengue Epidemics

Aedes aegypti Larval Indices and Risk for Dengue Epidemics

We assessed in a case-control study the test-validity of Aedes larval indices for the 2000 Havana outbreak. "Cases" were blocks where a dengue fever patient lived during the outbreak. "Controls" were randomly sampled blocks. Before, during, and after the epidemic, we calculated B...

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Main Authors: Lizet Sanchez, Veerle Vanlerberghe, Lázara Alfonso, María del Carmen Marquetti, María Guadalupe Guzman, Juan Bisset, Patrick van der Stuyft
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Aedes aegypti control
larval indices
dengue
transmission risk
surveillance
Cuba
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/5/05-0866_article

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