The TIRS trial: protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial assessing the efficacy of preventive targeted indoor residual spraying to reduce Aedes-borne viral illnesses in Merida, Mexico

The TIRS trial: protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial assessing the efficacy of preventive targeted indoor residual spraying to reduce Aedes-borne viral illnesses in Merida, Mexico

Abstract Background Current urban vector control strategies have failed to contain dengue epidemics and to prevent the global expansion of Aedes-borne viruses (ABVs: dengue, chikungunya, Zika). Part of the challenge in sustaining effective ABV control emerges from the paucity of evidence regarding t...

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Main Authors: Pablo Manrique-Saide, Natalie E. Dean, M. Elizabeth Halloran, Ira M. Longini, Matthew H. Collins, Lance A. Waller, Hector Gomez-Dantes, Audrey Lenhart, Thomas J. Hladish, Azael Che-Mendoza, Oscar D. Kirstein, Yamila Romer, Fabian Correa-Morales, Jorge Palacio-Vargas, Rosa Mendez-Vales, Pilar Granja Pérez, Norma Pavia-Ruz, Guadalupe Ayora-Talavera, Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Cluster randomized
Insecticide
Aedes aegypti
Dengue
Chikungunya
Zika
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-020-04780-7

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