TY - JOUR
T1 - La untadita
T2 - A procedure for maintaining washbasins and drums free of Aedes aegypti based on modification of existing practices
AU - Sherman, Catalina
AU - Fernandez, Eduardo A.
AU - Chan, Adeline S.
AU - Lozano, Reina C.
AU - Leontsini, Elli
AU - Winch, Peter J.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - Chlorine bleach and detergent are routinely used by householders in El Progreso, Honduras in the process of cleaning washbasins and drums, the two most important larval habitats of Aedes aegypti in the city. The efficacy of these materials in eliminating eggs, larvae, and pupae of Ae. aegypti was assessed under controlled conditions. The promising results obtained led to trials using a combination of chlorine bleach and detergent to apply to the walls of washbasins and drums as a method for eliminating eggs. The bleach maintained its ovicidal properties when mixed with detergent, and the detergent gave the mixture consistency so that it could be applied as a thin film to the walls. This new procedure was named the little dab (Untadita in Spanish) and allows households to direct their efforts against a stage of the mosquito life cycle that has been ignored in the past: the egg.
AB - Chlorine bleach and detergent are routinely used by householders in El Progreso, Honduras in the process of cleaning washbasins and drums, the two most important larval habitats of Aedes aegypti in the city. The efficacy of these materials in eliminating eggs, larvae, and pupae of Ae. aegypti was assessed under controlled conditions. The promising results obtained led to trials using a combination of chlorine bleach and detergent to apply to the walls of washbasins and drums as a method for eliminating eggs. The bleach maintained its ovicidal properties when mixed with detergent, and the detergent gave the mixture consistency so that it could be applied as a thin film to the walls. This new procedure was named the little dab (Untadita in Spanish) and allows households to direct their efforts against a stage of the mosquito life cycle that has been ignored in the past: the egg.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0031930156&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0031930156&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.257
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.257
M3 - Article
C2 - 9502612
AN - SCOPUS:0031930156
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 58
SP - 257
EP - 262
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 2
ER -