Emerging Infectious Diseases (Feb 2015)

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

  • 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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2102.140533
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 2
pp. 308 – 311

Abstract

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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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