The Eco-Bio-Social Factors That Modulate Aedes aegypti Abundance in South Texas Border Communities.

ABSTRACT: Aedes aegypti control requires dedicated resources that are usually scarce, limiting the reach and sustainability of vector control programs. This generates a need to focus on areas at risk of disease transmission and also understand the factors that might modulate local mosquito abundance. We evaluated the eco-bio-social factors that modulate indoor and outdoor relative abundance of female Ae. aegypti in communities of South Texas. We conducted housing quality and Knowledge Attitudes and Practices surveys in households that were part of a weekly mosquito surveillance program in November of 2017 and 2018. Our results showed widespread knowledge of mosquitoes and Zika virus by our participants. However, less than 35% considered them as serious problems in this region. The pres

SUBMITTER: Juarez JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7926310 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature