| aedes aegypti larval indices and risk for dengue epidemics. | we assessed in a case-control study the test-validity of aedes larval indices for the 2000 havana outbreak. "cases" were blocks where a dengue fever patient lived during the outbreak. "controls" were randomly sampled blocks. before, during, and after the epidemic, we calculated breteau index (bi) and house index at the area, neighborhood, and block level. we constructed receiver operating characteristic (roc) curves to determine their performance as predictors of dengue transmission. we observed ... | 2006 | 16704841 |