Unforeseen costs of cutting mosquito surveillance budgets.

A budget proposal to stop the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funding in surveillance and research for mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue and West Nile virus has the potential to leave the country ill-prepared to handle new emerging diseases and manage existing ones. In ord...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gonzalo M Vazquez-Prokopec, Luis F Chaves, Scott A Ritchie, Joe Davis, Uriel Kitron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2964299?pdf=render