Absence of impact of aerial malathion treatment on Aedes aegypti during a dengue outbreak in Kingston, Jamaica
Rev. panam. salud publica
; 5(2): 100-105, Feb. 1999. ilus, tab
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ABSTRACT
During an outbreak of dengue fever in Jamaica from October to December 1995, a study was carried out to determine the impact of aerial ultra-low volume malathion treatment on adult Aedes aegypti. This was done by monitoring oviposition rates of the vector in three urban communities in Kingston and by exposing caged mosquitoes both directly and indirectly to the aerial malathion treatment. The insecticide was delivered at a rate of 219 mL/ha between 710 a.m. and 845 a.m. The results of the study clearly showed that the insecticide application was ineffective in interfering with Aedes aegypti oviposition, and adult mosquitoes held in cages inside dwellings were largely unaffected. Consequently, this type of intervention seemed to have little significant impact in arresting or abating dengue transmission (AU)
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Asunto principal:
Brotes de Enfermedades
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Aedes
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Dengue Grave
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Dengue
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Vectores de Enfermedades
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Jamaica
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Malatión
País/Región como asunto:
Caribe ingles
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Jamaica
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Pan am. j. public health
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Pan american journal of public health
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Rev Panam Salud Publica
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Rev. panam. salud publica
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Rev. panam. salud pública
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Rev. panam. salud pública (Online)
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Revista panamericana de salud pública
Año:
1999
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Article