ArticleJournal of medical entomology2019
Citywide Control of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) during the 2016 Zika Epidemic by Integrating Community Awareness, Education, Source Reduction, Larvicides, and Mass Mosquito Trapping.
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- Beyond the Mosquito: Social Determinants of Health and Global Strategies for Aedes-Borne Disease Control.Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH · 2026Pooled it
- Current evidences of the efficacy of mosquito mass-trapping interventions to reduce Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus populations and Aedes-borne virus transmission.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Pooled it
- Defining Aedes aegypti density thresholds for preventing human arboviral infections.Acta tropica · 2025Trial
- Strategies for controllingCaribbean journal of science · 2026Article
- Evaluation of Effectiveness of Autocidal Gravid Ovitraps for Preventing Zika Virus Infection, Puerto Rico, USA.Emerging infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Updated Adulticide Susceptibility Status of Florida Populations ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Advancing the design of the kissing bug kill trap for surveillance of triatomines.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Strengthening Arboviral Epidemic Response Through Entomological Surveillance: Insights from Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.Current issues in molecular biology · 2026Article
- Entomological Surveillance and Vector Competence: A Crucial Front in Dengue Prevention.Current topics in microbiology and immunology · 2026Review
- Understanding the social determinants of Aedes-borne diseases in Iran: A qualitative exploration of challenges and policy solutions.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Assessment of vector control strategies based on mass Aedes (Stegomyia) mosquito trapping (AGOs traps) pilot study in a US-Mexico border region of South Texas.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Advancing the design of the kissing bug kill trap for surveillance of triatomines.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Yellow Fever in Non-Human Primates: A Veterinary Guide from a One Health Perspective.Veterinary sciences · 2025Review
- Incompatible Aedes aegypti male releases as an intervention to reduce mosquito population-A field trial in Puerto Rico.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Development of an Integrated Surveillance System to Improve Preparedness for Arbovirus Outbreaks in a Dengue Endemic Setting: Descriptive Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Article
- A comprehensive scoping review of global educational strategies and outcomes in aedes-borne disease control.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of mass trapping interventions using autocidal gravid ovitraps (AGO) for the control of the dengue vector, Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti, in Northern Mexico.Parasites & vectors · 2024Article
- Dengue vector control in high-income, city settings: A scoping review of approaches and methods.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Preferences and Demand for Mosquito Control among Dengue-Endemic Communities in Peñuelas, Puerto Rico: An Application of the Best-Worst Choice Model.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2024Article
- El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) effects on local weather, arboviral diseases, and dynamics of managed and unmanaged populations of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) in Puerto Rico.Journal of medical entomology · 2023Article
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Abstract
This investigation was initiated to control Aedes aegypti and Zika virus transmission in Caguas City, Puerto Rico, during the 2016 epidemic using Integrated Vector Management (IVM), which included community awareness and education, source reduction, larviciding, and mass-trapping with autocidal gravid ovitraps (AGO). The epidemic peaked in August to October 2016 and waned after April 2017. There was a preintervention period in October/November 2016 and IVM lasted until August 2017. The area under treatment (23.1 km2) had 61,511 inhabitants and 25,363 buildings. The city was divided into eight even clusters and treated following a cluster randomized stepped-wedge design. We analyzed pools of female Ae. aegypti adults for RNA detection of dengue (DENV), chikungunya (CHIKV), and Zika (ZIKV) viruses using 360 surveillance AGO traps every week. Rainfall, temperature, and relative humidity were monitored in each cluster. Mosquito density significantly changed (generalized linear mixed model; F8, 14,588 = 296; P < 0.001) from 8.0 ± 0.1 females per trap per week before the intervention to 2.1 ± 0.04 after the percentage of buildings treated with traps was 60% and to 1.4 ± 0.04 when coverage was above 80%. Out of a total 12,081 mosquito pools, there were 1 DENV-, 7 CHIKV-, and 49 ZIKV-positive pools from October 2016 to March 2017. Afterward, we found only one positive pool of DENV in July 2017. This investigation demonstrated that it was possible to scale up effective Ae. aegypti control to a medium-size city through IVM that included mass trapping of gravid Ae. aegypti females.
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