Effective control of dengue vectors with curtains and water container covers treated with insecticide in Mexico and Venezuela: cluster randomised trials

2006251 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Axel Kroeger · World Health Organization

Audrey Lenhart · Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Manuel Ochoa

Elci Villegas · University of the Andes

Michael Z. Levy · Emory University

Neâl Alexander · University of London

Philip J. McCall · Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Abstract

Window curtains and domestic water container covers treated with insecticide can reduce densities of dengue vectors to low levels and potentially affect dengue transmission.

Topics & Keywords

Mosquito-borne diseases and control Malaria Research and Control Dengue and Mosquito Control Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Clean water and sanitation

Publication Details

Published in: BMJ

Volume 332, Issue 7552, pp. 1247-1252

DOI: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1247

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