Mosquito-disseminated pyriproxyfen yields high breeding-site coverage and boosts juvenile mosquito mortality at the neighborhood scale.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mosquito-borne pathogens pose major public health challenges worldwide. With vaccines or effective drugs still unavailable for most such pathogens, disease prevention heavily relies on vector control. To date, however, mosquito control has proven difficult, with low breeding-site coverage during control campaigns identified as a major drawback. A novel tactic exploits the egg-laying behavior of mosquitoes to have them disseminate tiny particles of a potent larvicide, pyriproxyfen (PPF), from resting to breeding sites, thus improving coverage. This approach has yielded promising results at small spatial scales, but its wider applicability remains unclear.

Methodology/principal findings

We conducted a four-month trial within a 20-month study to investigate mosquito-

SUBMITTER: Abad-Franch F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4388722 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature