Use of Insecticide-Treated House Screens to Reduce Infestations of Dengue Virus Vectors, Mexico

Manrique-Saide, Pablo, Che-Mendoza, Azael, Barrera-Perez, Mario, Guillermo-May, Guillermo, Herrera-Bojorquez, Josue, Dzul-Manzanilla, Felipe, Gutierrez-Castro, Cipriano, Lenhart, Audrey, Vazquez-Prokopec, Gonzalo, Sommerfeld, Johannes, McCall, Philip ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0007-3985, Kroeger, Axel and Arredondo-Jimenez, Juan I. (2015) 'Use of Insecticide-Treated House Screens to Reduce Infestations of Dengue Virus Vectors, Mexico'. Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 21, Issue 2, pp. 308-311.

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Abstract

Dengue prevention efforts rely on control of virus vectors. We investigated use of insecticide-treated screens permanently affixed to windows and doors in Mexico and found that the screens significantly reduced infestations of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in treated houses. Our findings demonstrate the value of this method for dengue virus vector control.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	QX Parasitology > Insects. Other Parasites > QX 600 Insect control. Tick control QX Parasitology > Insects. Other Parasites > QX 650 Insect vectors WA Public Health > Preventive Medicine > WA 240 Disinfection. Disinfestation. Pesticides (including diseases caused by) WC Communicable Diseases > Virus Diseases > Infectious Mononucleosis. Arbovirus Infections > WC 528 Dengue
Faculty: Department:	Biological Sciences > Vector Biology Department
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2102.140533
Depositing User:	Carmel Bates
Date Deposited:	27 Jan 2015 12:45
Last Modified:	06 Feb 2018 13:08
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/4795

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