Spatio-temporal distribution of dengue and lymphatic filariasis vectors along an altitudinal transect in Central Nepal.

• Published in: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Meghnath Dhimal, Ishan Gautam, Aljoscha Kreß, Ruth Müller, Ulrich Kuch
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Middle Mountain
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003035; https://doaj.org/article/9778b7b13ef7408fb2c76e7c6f11f4e6

Background Rapidly increasing temperatures in the mountain region of Nepal and recent reports of dengue fever and lymphatic filariasis cases from mountainous areas of central Nepal prompted us to study the spatio-temporal distribution of the vectors of these two diseases along an altitudinal transec...