Use of effective lids reduces presence of mosquito larvae in household water storage containers in urban and peri-urban Zika risk areas of Guatemala, Honduras, and …

J Pinchoff, M Silva, K Spielman, P Hutchinson - Parasites & vectors, 2021 - Springer
Background In 2015, an outbreak of Zika virus spread across Latin America and the
Caribbean (LAC). Public health programs promoted vector control behaviors, including …

Breeding sites of synanthropic mosquitoes in zika-affected areas of the Dominican Republic

PM Alarcón-Elbal… - Journal of the …, 2021 - meridian.allenpress.com
Mosquito-borne diseases are a major public health concern in the Caribbean. Domestic
water-storage containers are preferred breeding habitats for synanthropic mosquito species …

Surveillance for Zika in Mexico: naturally infected mosquitoes in urban and semi-urban areas

F Correa-Morales, C González-Acosta… - Pathogens and global …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Zika cases have been reported in 29 out of the 32 states of Mexico. Information regarding
which mosquito species might be driving Zika virus transmission/maintenance in nature …

[HTML][HTML] Community perspectives on Zika virus disease prevention in Guatemala: a qualitative study

E Leontsini, S Maloney, M Ramírez… - The American Journal …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Zika virus, which is transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and through sexual
transmission, disproportionally affects the human fetus. Guatemala experienced a surge of …

[HTML][HTML] Mosquito control activities during local transmission of Zika virus, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA, 2016

JC McAllister, M Porcelli, JM Medina… - Emerging infectious …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In 2016, four clusters of local mosquitoborne Zika virus transmission were identified in Miami-
Dade County, Florida, USA, generating “red zones”(areas into which pregnant women were …

Risk of dengue, Zika, and chikungunya transmission in the metropolitan area of Cucuta, Colombia: cross-sectional analysis, baseline for a cluster-randomised …

MA Carrillo, R Cardenas, J Yañez, M Petzold… - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
Background Arbovirus diseases such as dengue, Zika, and chikungunya are a public health
threat in tropical and subtropical areas. In the absence of a vaccine or specific treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Influences of community interventions on Zika prevention behaviors of pregnant women, Puerto Rico, July 2016–June 2017

G Earle-Richardson, C Prue, K Turay… - Emerging Infectious …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We assessed how community education efforts influenced pregnant women's Zika
prevention behaviors during the 2016 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention–Puerto …

Determinants of Aedes mosquito density as an indicator of arbovirus transmission risk in three sites affected by co-circulation of globally spreading arboviruses in …

B Talbot, B Sander, V Cevallos, C González… - Parasites & vectors, 2021 - Springer
Background The global impact of Zika virus in Latin America has drawn renewed attention to
circulating mosquito-borne viruses in this region, such as dengue and chikungunya. Our …

Surveillance of Aedes aegypti indoors and outdoors using Autocidal Gravid Ovitraps in South Texas during local transmission of Zika virus, 2016 to 2018

E Martin, MCI Medeiros, E Carbajal, E Valdez… - Acta tropica, 2019 - Elsevier
The yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti, has facilitated the re-emergence of dengue virus
(DENV) and emergence of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) and Zika virus (ZIKV) in the Americas …

'Swimming mosquitoes': a key stepping stone to prevent Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya: an educative experience in Colima, Mexico

P Medone… - Health Education Research, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya arboviruses (DZC), mainly transmitted by mosquito
Aedes aegypti, are global health public issues affecting 390 million people each year. In …