Tire shops in Miami-Dade County, Florida are important producers of vector mosquitoes.

ABSTRACT: Human mobility in urban environments is a central part of urbanization and has determined the layout of how cities are projected, built and renovated. One of the most problematic issues of urbanization is how to properly dispose of used tires, considering the worldwide annual production of approximately 1.4 billion units every year. Despite the efforts to properly dispose of used tires, they still represent a major problem for public health, notably serving as potential breeding sites for vector mosquitoes. Miami-Dade County, Florida has been suffering from arbovirus outbreaks for decades, including dengue, West Nile and yellow fever viruses. The objective of this study was to survey tire shops inserted in the urban matrix across Miami-Dade County for the presence of vector mosquitoes. Thi

SUBMITTER: Wilke ABB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6527201 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature