Reducing Aedes albopictus breeding sites through education: A study in urban area.
Aedes albopictus tends to proliferate in small, often man-made bodies of water, largely present in urban private areas. For this reason, education and community participation are considered crucial for source reduction and mosquito control. In the current study, we identify mosquito breeding habitat...
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| author | Αngeliki Stefopoulou George Balatsos Angeliki Petraki Shannon L LaDeau Dimitrios Papachristos Αntonios Michaelakis |
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| description | Aedes albopictus tends to proliferate in small, often man-made bodies of water, largely present in urban private areas. For this reason, education and community participation are considered crucial for source reduction and mosquito control. In the current study, we identify mosquito breeding habitat and evaluate the effectiveness of resident education. Since 2010 several outbreaks of West Nile virus infection occurred in Greece however urban population has no previous experience with mosquito-borne disease related to Aedes species, such as Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya. After the introduction of Ae. albopictus in Greece, urban areas have been considered to be at risk of epidemic arboviral outbreaks and identifying effective control strategies is imperative. Our study examines the relationship between mosquito breeding sources and socioeconomic or demographic characteristics of different households in a Greek municipality and evaluates efficacy of resident education. The results revealed that only a minority of residents knew where mosquitoes breed (18.6%) and only 46% felt that residents had any responsibility for managing breeding habitat. Our findings strongly suggest that only the presence of scientific staff inspecting possible habitats in their properties, could be enough to stimulate practices towards source reduction. However, educational interventions alone with printed education material cannot enhance significant community participation and source reduction. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f2f10aa69c834ae4a02a916a1e0bf8e62022-12-21T18:18:59ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032018-01-011311e020245110.1371/journal.pone.0202451Reducing Aedes albopictus breeding sites through education: A study in urban area.Αngeliki StefopoulouGeorge BalatsosAngeliki PetrakiShannon L LaDeauDimitrios PapachristosΑntonios MichaelakisAedes albopictus tends to proliferate in small, often man-made bodies of water, largely present in urban private areas. For this reason, education and community participation are considered crucial for source reduction and mosquito control. In the current study, we identify mosquito breeding habitat and evaluate the effectiveness of resident education. Since 2010 several outbreaks of West Nile virus infection occurred in Greece however urban population has no previous experience with mosquito-borne disease related to Aedes species, such as Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya. After the introduction of Ae. albopictus in Greece, urban areas have been considered to be at risk of epidemic arboviral outbreaks and identifying effective control strategies is imperative. Our study examines the relationship between mosquito breeding sources and socioeconomic or demographic characteristics of different households in a Greek municipality and evaluates efficacy of resident education. The results revealed that only a minority of residents knew where mosquitoes breed (18.6%) and only 46% felt that residents had any responsibility for managing breeding habitat. Our findings strongly suggest that only the presence of scientific staff inspecting possible habitats in their properties, could be enough to stimulate practices towards source reduction. However, educational interventions alone with printed education material cannot enhance significant community participation and source reduction.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6224055?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Αngeliki Stefopoulou George Balatsos Angeliki Petraki Shannon L LaDeau Dimitrios Papachristos Αntonios Michaelakis Reducing Aedes albopictus breeding sites through education: A study in urban area. PLoS ONE |
| title | Reducing Aedes albopictus breeding sites through education: A study in urban area. |
| title_full | Reducing Aedes albopictus breeding sites through education: A study in urban area. |
| title_fullStr | Reducing Aedes albopictus breeding sites through education: A study in urban area. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reducing Aedes albopictus breeding sites through education: A study in urban area. |
| title_short | Reducing Aedes albopictus breeding sites through education: A study in urban area. |
| title_sort | reducing aedes albopictus breeding sites through education a study in urban area |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6224055?pdf=render |
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