TY - JOUR
T1 - Use of Insecticide-Treated House Screens to Reduce Infestations of Dengue Virus Vectors, Mexico
AU - Manrique-Saide, Pablo
AU - Che-Mendoza, Azael
AU - Barrera-Perez, Mario
AU - Guillermo-May, Guillermo
AU - Herrera-Bojorquez, Josue
AU - Dzul-Manzanilla, Felipe
AU - Gutierrez-Castro, Cipriano
AU - Lenhart, Audrey
AU - Vazquez-Prokopec, Gonzalo
AU - Sommerfeld, Johannes
AU - McCall, Philip
AU - Kroeger, Axel
AU - Arredondo-Jimenez, Juan I.
PY - 2015/2/1
Y1 - 2015/2/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
U2 - 10.3201/eid2102.140533
DO - 10.3201/eid2102.140533
M3 - Article
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 21
SP - 308
EP - 311
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
IS - 2
ER -
