Use of Insecticide-Treated House Screens to Reduce Infestations of Dengue Virus Vectors, Mexico
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...
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| author | Pablo Manrique-Saide Azael Che-Mendoza Mario Barrera-Perez Guillermo Guillermo-May Josue Herrera-Bojorquez Felipe Dzul-Manzanilla Cipriano Gutierrez-Castro Audrey Lenhart Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec Johannes Sommerfeld Philip J. McCall Axel Kroeger Juan I. Arredondo-Jimenez |
| author_facet | Pablo Manrique-Saide Azael Che-Mendoza Mario Barrera-Perez Guillermo Guillermo-May Josue Herrera-Bojorquez Felipe Dzul-Manzanilla Cipriano Gutierrez-Castro Audrey Lenhart Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec Johannes Sommerfeld Philip J. McCall Axel Kroeger Juan I. Arredondo-Jimenez |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-23aa075801814e16bfaf307bb4929bd72022-12-22T01:42:11ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592015-02-0121230831110.3201/eid2102.140533Use of Insecticide-Treated House Screens to Reduce Infestations of Dengue Virus Vectors, MexicoPablo Manrique-SaideAzael Che-MendozaMario Barrera-PerezGuillermo Guillermo-MayJosue Herrera-BojorquezFelipe Dzul-ManzanillaCipriano Gutierrez-CastroAudrey LenhartGonzalo Vazquez-ProkopecJohannes SommerfeldPhilip J. McCallAxel KroegerJuan I. Arredondo-JimenezDengue 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.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/2/14-0533_articlevirusesdenguearbovirusmosquitoAedes aegyptivector |
| spellingShingle | Pablo Manrique-Saide Azael Che-Mendoza Mario Barrera-Perez Guillermo Guillermo-May Josue Herrera-Bojorquez Felipe Dzul-Manzanilla Cipriano Gutierrez-Castro Audrey Lenhart Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec Johannes Sommerfeld Philip J. McCall Axel Kroeger Juan I. Arredondo-Jimenez Use of Insecticide-Treated House Screens to Reduce Infestations of Dengue Virus Vectors, Mexico Emerging Infectious Diseases viruses dengue arbovirus mosquito Aedes aegypti vector |
| title | Use of Insecticide-Treated House Screens to Reduce Infestations of Dengue Virus Vectors, Mexico |
| title_full | Use of Insecticide-Treated House Screens to Reduce Infestations of Dengue Virus Vectors, Mexico |
| title_fullStr | Use of Insecticide-Treated House Screens to Reduce Infestations of Dengue Virus Vectors, Mexico |
| title_full_unstemmed | Use of Insecticide-Treated House Screens to Reduce Infestations of Dengue Virus Vectors, Mexico |
| title_short | Use of Insecticide-Treated House Screens to Reduce Infestations of Dengue Virus Vectors, Mexico |
| title_sort | use of insecticide treated house screens to reduce infestations of dengue virus vectors mexico |
| topic | viruses dengue arbovirus mosquito Aedes aegypti vector |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/2/14-0533_article |
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