“Where we put little fish in the water there are no mosquitoes:” a cross-sectional study on biological control of the Aedes aegypti vector in 90 coastal-region communities of Guerrero, Mexico

“Where we put little fish in the water there are no mosquitoes:” a cross-sectional study on biological control of the Aedes aegypti vector in 90 coastal-region communities of Guerrero, Mexico

Abstract Background In the Mexican state of Guerrero, some households place fish in water storage containers to prevent the development of mosquito larvae. Studies have shown that larvivorous fish reduce larva count in household water containers, but there is a lack of evidence about whether the use...

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Main Authors: Arcadio Morales-Pérez, Elizabeth Nava-Aguilera, José Legorreta-Soberanis, Antonio Juan Cortés-Guzmán, Alejandro Balanzar-Martínez, Eva Harris, Josefina Coloma, Víctor M. Alvarado-Castro, Mónica Violeta Bonilla-Leon, Liliana Morales-Nava, Robert J. Ledogar, Anne Cockcroft, Neil Andersson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Aedes aegypti
Pupa productivity
Dengue
Fish-based control
Larvivorous
Recent dengue virus infection
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-017-4302-z

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