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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Main Authors: K. John McConnell, Duane J. Gubler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pan American Health Organization 2003-07-01
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