Lessons of Aedes aegypti control in Thailand.
Med Vet Entomol
; 7(1): 1-10, 1993 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
The incidence of dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) in Thailand has increased cyclically since the first recognized outbreak in 1958. Without an effective vaccine against dengue, and considering the clinical difficulty of treating DHF cases, vector control is needed to prevent dengue transmission. Since the establishment of the WHO Aedes Research Unit in 1964, continued since 1973 as the WHO Collaborating Centre at the Department of Medical Research in Bangkok, much operational research has been carried out in Thailand on the bionomics and control of dengue vectors Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus. This review shows that, as in most other countries, dengue vector control programmes in Thailand make little use of the procedures arising from research, nor have they reduced the upward trend of dengue or prevented DHF outbreaks. Implications of the reluctance to use results of operational research on vector control are considered and remedial suggestions made.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Control de Mosquitos
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Aedes
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Dengue
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Insectos Vectores
Tipo de estudio:
Incidence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Animals
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Med Vet Entomol
Asunto de la revista:
BIOLOGIA
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MEDICINA VETERINARIA
Año:
1993
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Article