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J Med Entomol

Title:		"Citywide Control of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) during the 2016 Zika Epidemic by Integrating Community Awareness, Education, Source Reduction, Larvicides, and Mass Mosquito Trapping"
Author(s):		Barrera R; Harris A; Hemme RR; Felix G; Nazario N; Munoz-Jordan JL; Rodriguez D; Miranda J; Soto E; Martinez S; Ryff K; Perez C; Acevedo V; Amador M; Waterman SH;
Address:		"Entomology and Ecology Activity, Dengue Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory, Dengue Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, Puerto Rico"
Journal Title:		J Med Entomol
Year:		2019
Volume:		56
Issue:		4
Page Number:		1033 - 1046
DOI:		10.1093/jme/tjz009
ISSN/ISBN:		1938-2928 (Electronic) 0022-2585 (Print) 0022-2585 (Linking)
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"
Keywords:		*Aedes/virology Animals Female Health Education Insecticides Mosquito Control/*methods *Mosquito Vectors/virology Puerto Rico Zika Virus/isolation & purification Zika Virus Infection/*prevention & control/transmission Aedes aegypti AGO traps Zika virus mo;
Notes:		"MedlineBarrera, Roberto Harris, Angela Hemme, Ryan R Felix, Gilberto Nazario, Nicole Munoz-Jordan, Jorge L Rodriguez, Damaris Miranda, Julieanne Soto, Eunice Martinez, Stephanie Ryff, Kyle Perez, Carmen Acevedo, Veronica Amador, Manuel Waterman, Stephen H eng CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHS/ England 2019/02/13 J Med Entomol. 2019 Jun 27; 56(4):1033-1046. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjz009"