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Facchinelli, Luca 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8987-1472, Alsharif, Bashir, Jones, Jeff, Matope, Agnes, Barbosa, Rôsangela M R, Ayres, Constância F J and McCall, Philip ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0007-3985
(2023)
'Mapping Aedes aegypti indoor resting behavior reveals a preference vulnerable to householder-led vector control'. PNAS Nexus, Vol 2, Issue 7, pgad226.
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Abstract
Many mosquito vectors rest inside human habitations, a behavioral trait that is exploited for vector control by indoor residual spraying (IRS) of interior walls with insecticide. Although IRS and its refined version targeted IRS are very effective against Aedes aegypti, they are expensive and logistically challenging to deliver in densely populated urban areas where outbreaks of dengue and other arboviruses are the greatest challenge. In experiments in Recife, Brazil, we set out to quantify the indoor resting behavior of Ae. aegypti at a level beyond that previously reported. We found that significantly more Ae. aegypti males, unfed and fed females visited the base of walls (height 0–20 cm, corresponding to 12.3% of the total wall surface) more frequently than upper wall areas, with the difference more pronounced at higher temperatures. When the lowest 20 cm of the walls was treated with an appropriate insecticide and colored black, we recorded up to 85% cumulative mortality after 24-h exposure in the experimental room. The findings are significant because feasibly, householders could treat this small and accessible target zone manually, without the need for visits by costly IRS teams or equipment, reducing insecticide use and enabling communities to actively protect their own indoor environment.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | QX Parasitology > Insects. Other Parasites > QX 525 Aedes QX Parasitology > Insects. Other Parasites > QX 650 Insect vectors |
| Faculty: Department: | Biological Sciences > Vector Biology Department |
| Digital Object Identifer (DOI): | https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad226 |
| SWORD Depositor: | JISC Pubrouter |
| Depositing User: | JISC Pubrouter |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Aug 2023 10:42 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Aug 2023 10:42 |
| URI: | https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/22928 |
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