The effectiveness of inspections on reported mosquito larval habitats in households: A case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dengue is an arboviral disease that imposes substantial health and economic burdens across the globe. Vector control remains a key strategy in settings where Dengvaxia (a dengue vaccine) has not been licenced due to safety concerns and where mass immunization programmes are not cost-effective. Though inspections are used as part of arboviral disease control programmes, evidence of their impact on the entomological activity in households is sparse.

Methodology/principal findings

We analysed nationally representative household inspection data collected from Singapore over a 3-year period, to determine the effect of inspections on reported mosquito larval habitats in households. A case was a household with a positive report of a mosquito larval habitat in its most re

SUBMITTER: Aik J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6615626 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature