The success of obtaining mosquito eggs for the detection of Aedes Aegypti insecticide resistance in the Caribbean Region

ABSTRACT

Aedes aegypti (L) is the most important insect vector of disease in the Caribbean islands. Not only is it a potential vector of yellow fever, but it is the only vector of dengue, dengue haemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome in the Caribbean, Central and South America. Management of this mosquito should thus be accorded highest priority in public health, but in many Caribbean countries it continues to flourish and transmit dengue at will(AU)