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Pathogens and Global Health Volume 106, 2012 - Issue 8: Dengue Eco-Bio-Social approach to dengue in urban & peri-urban areas of South & South-East Asia
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Special Issue Article

Community mobilization and household level waste management for dengue vector control in Gampaha district of Sri Lanka; an intervention study

W AbeyewickremeUniversity of KelaniyaFaculty of Medicine, Thalagolla Road, Ragama, Sri LankaCorrespondence[email protected]
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A R WickremasingheUniversity of KelaniyaFaculty of Medicine, Thalagolla Road, Ragama, Sri Lanka
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K KarunatilakeUniversity of KelaniyaFaculty of Social Sciences, Dalugama, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
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Johannes SommerfeldSpecial Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR/WHO) Via Appia, Geneva, Switzerland
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Kroeger AxelSpecial Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR/WHO) Via Appia, Geneva, Switzerland;Liverpool School of Tropical MedicinePembroke Place, Liverpoool, UK
Pages 479-487 | Received 07 Jul 2012, Accepted 16 Nov 2012, Published online: 12 Nov 2013

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