Associations between household environmental factors and immature mosquito abundance in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Aedes aegypti-borne diseases are becoming major public health problems in tropical and sub-tropical regions. While socioeconomic status has been associated with larval mosquito abundance, the drivers or possible factors mediating this association, such as environmental factors, are yet to be identified. We examined possible associations between proximity to houses and roads and immature mosquito abundance, and assessed whether these factors and mosquito prevention measures mediated any association between household environmental factors and immature mosquito abundance.

Methods

We conducted two cross-sectional household container surveys in February-March and November-December, 2017, in urban and rural areas of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. We used principal component

SUBMITTER: Madewell ZJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6929347 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature