Vector-borne disease problems in rapid urbanization
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Vector-borne disease problems in rapid urbanization: new approaches to vector control.
Owing to population growth, poor levels of hygiene, and increasing urban poverty, the urban environment in many developing countries is rapidly deteriorating. Densely packed housing in shanty towns or slums and inadequate drinking-water supplies, garbage collection services, and surface-water drainage systems combine to create favourable habitats for the proliferation of vectors and reservoirs ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: QJM: An International Journal of Medicine
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1460-2725,1460-2393
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcaa060.002