2021
DOI: 10.3390/insects12020183
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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 … Show more

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“…The level of education matters, as it is associated with a greater understanding of the principles of hygiene in water and food storage. Traditionally, entomological indices such as the HI, BI, CI, and PI are the chief surveillance tools of many vector-control programs in dengue-endemic countries worldwide [ 62 ]. These indices not only measure the success of vector-control strategies but also help to understand the vector ecology.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The level of education matters, as it is associated with a greater understanding of the principles of hygiene in water and food storage. Traditionally, entomological indices such as the HI, BI, CI, and PI are the chief surveillance tools of many vector-control programs in dengue-endemic countries worldwide [ 62 ]. These indices not only measure the success of vector-control strategies but also help to understand the vector ecology.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These indices not only measure the success of vector-control strategies but also help to understand the vector ecology. However, the quantifiable association between vector indices and risk of DENV transmission has been questioned in several studies [ 36 , 62 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This study demonstrates that achieving high AGO coverage takes considerable resources and, in some communities, might be cost‐prohibitive as an operational vector control tool. Our survey of homeowners in this region reported that 95% of the homeowners would support the AGO intervention if the traps and maintenance were free; support declined to 25% if the homeowner was required to purchase the AGO and conduct the maintenance (Juarez, Garcia‐Luna, et al., 2021 ). It also shows variation in receptivity to the AGO intervention among communities, which will likely occur elsewhere as well.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…From September 2016 to June 2017, we evaluated 13 communities for mosquito sampling using one indoor and outdoor AGO (see Appendix S1 Figure S2; Juarez, Garcia‐Luna, et al., 2021 ). In this study we refer to the AGOs used for weekly surveillance as Sentinel AGO or SAGO, and those deployed during the intervention as Intervention AGO or IAGO (BioCare, SpringStar Inc).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Within this county, there are an estimated 0.8 million people of which 90% are of Hispanic origin, 28% live below the poverty line and 19% are foreign-born individuals [29]. This region has three major points of entry into the US (Hidalgo, Progresso and Brownsville), and during the duration of the studies, there were over 23 million and 28 million recorded crossings for 2017 and 2018, respectively [30].…”
Section: Study Areamentioning
confidence: 99%