• A geographical sampling method for surveys of mosquito larvae in an urban area using high-resolution satellite imagery 

      Troyo Rodríguez, Adriana; Fuller, Douglas O.; Calderón Arguedas, Ólger; Beier, John C. (2008-06-01)
      Entomological surveys in urban areas are often biased by selecting houses or locations with known high vector densities. A sampling strategy was developed for Puntarenas, Costa Rica, using high-resolution satellite imagery. ...
    • Comparison of mosquito control programs in seven urban sites in Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas 

      Impoinvil, Daniel E.; Ahmad, Sajjad; Troyo Rodríguez, Adriana; Keating, Joseph; Githeko, Andrew K.; Mbogo, Charles M.; Kibe, Lydiah; Githure, John I.; Gad, Adel M.; Hassan, Ali N.; Orshan, Laor; Warburg, Alon; Calderón Arguedas, Ólger; Sánchez Loría, Victoria M.; Velit Suárez, Rosanna; Chadee, Dave D.; Novak, Robert J.; Beier, John C. (2007-10)
      Mosquito control programs at seven urban sites in Kenya, Egypt, Israel, Costa Rica, and Trinidad are described and compared. Site-specific urban and disease characteristics, organizational diagrams, and strengths, weaknesses, ...
    • Exposure of dogs to spotted fever group rickettsiae in urban sites associated with human rickettsioses in Costa Rica 

      Moreira Soto, Andrés; Carranza, Marco V.; Taylor Castillo, Mayra Lizeth; Calderón Arguedas, Ólger; Hun Opfer, Ruchilia Laya; Troyo Rodríguez, Adriana (2016-07)
      The zoonotic transmission cycles of Rickettsia rickettsii and other spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsiae in Latin America have usually been associated with rural or sylvatic environments, although domestic dogs can be ...
    • Urban structure and dengue incidence in Puntarenas, Costa Rica 

      Troyo Rodríguez, Adriana; Fuller, Douglas O.; Calderón Arguedas, Ólger; Solano Chinchilla, Mayra Emilia; Beier, John C. (2009-07-15)
      Dengue is currently the most important arboviral disease globally and is usually associated with built environments in tropical areas. Remotely sensed information can facilitate the study of urban mosquito-borne diseases ...