TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of a community-based Aedes aegypti control programme on mosquito larval production sites in El Progreso, Honduras
AU - Leontsini, Elli
AU - Gil, Enrique
AU - Kendall, Carl
AU - Clark, Gary G.
N1 - Funding Information:
The project is a collaborative effort of the San Juan Laboratories, Dengue Branch, Centers for Disease Control; the Center for International Community-based Health Research, Division of Disease Control, Department of International Health, School of Hygiene and Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University and the Governments of Honduras, Mexico and Puerto Rico, and is funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, Health Sciences Division. Additional support for the research in El Progreso, Honduras, described in this paper was provided by the Pan-American Health Organization to the Honduran Government. We thank all Honduran Government ofticials who assisted with this project, in particular Dr J. A. Rubio, then Chief of Vector Control Division, Ministry of Health, and Dr Maria Elena Reyes, Director of Health Centre, El Progreso; also all project staff, and Drs L. Moulton and I’. Winch for thoughtful reading of the paper.
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - This paper describes the results of a trial to assess the efficacy in reducing the density of larval production sites of utilizing community involvement in the planning and implementation of an Aedes aegypti control programme, in a dengue-endemic city in Honduras. In addition to a substantial increase in knowledge about dengue transmission and prevention, a relative reduction in Ae. aegypti larval infestation indices was found in those city neighbourhoods where community involvement was utilized compared with their untreated counterparts. Several methods of improving the impact of this type of programme are discussed.
AB - This paper describes the results of a trial to assess the efficacy in reducing the density of larval production sites of utilizing community involvement in the planning and implementation of an Aedes aegypti control programme, in a dengue-endemic city in Honduras. In addition to a substantial increase in knowledge about dengue transmission and prevention, a relative reduction in Ae. aegypti larval infestation indices was found in those city neighbourhoods where community involvement was utilized compared with their untreated counterparts. Several methods of improving the impact of this type of programme are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/0035-9203(93)90120-F
DO - 10.1016/0035-9203(93)90120-F
M3 - Article
C2 - 8236387
AN - SCOPUS:0027214516
VL - 87
SP - 267
EP - 271
JO - Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
SN - 0035-9203
IS - 3
ER -