Community-based control of Aedes aegypti by adoption of eco-health methods in Chennai City, India.

• Dengue is highly endemic in Chennai city, South India, in spite of continuous vector control efforts. This intervention study was aimed at establishing the efficacy as well as the favouring and limiting factors relating to a community-based environmental intervention package to control the dengue vector Aedes aegypti.

Subject headings

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Annan medicin och hälsovetenskap (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Other Medical and Health Sciences (hsv//eng)

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Hälsovetenskap -- Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Health Sciences -- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Aedes

growth & development

Animals

Child

Community Health Services

methods

organization & administration

Dengue

epidemiology

prevention & control

psychology

transmission

Disease Reservoirs

virology

Ecosystem

Female

Gender Identity

Health Behavior

Health Knowledge

Attitudes

Practice

Humans

India

epidemiology

Insect Vectors

growth & development

Male

Mosquito Control

methods

organization & administration

Pupa

growth & development

Rain

Seasons

Urban Health

statistics & numerical data

Waste Management

methods

Water Microbiology

Water Supply

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)