Dengue control in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Following an epidemic of type I dengue in late 1990, the municipality of Ribeirão Preto (State of São Paulo, Brazil) assumed direct responsibility for the control of Aedes aegypti larvae. Control activities are presented in this report and are based on popular participation and environmental managem...

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Main Authors: Afonso Dinis Costa Passos, Eugênia Maria Silveira Rodrigues, Amaury Lelis Dal-Fabbro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X1998000600011&lng=en&tlng=en