Guidelines on the cost-effectiveness of larval control programs to reduce dengue transmission in Puerto Rico
OBJECTIVE: In the past 20 years, the emphasis for avoiding dengue epidemics has focused on larval control of Aedes aegypti, the principal mosquito vector of dengue viruses. A general consensus is that mosquito larval control holds the best promise for reducing dengue epidemics, although its actual e...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Pan American Health Organization
2003-07-01
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Series: | Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892003000600003&lng=en&tlng=en |