Exploring the utility of social-ecological and entomological risk factors for dengue infection as surveillance indicators in the dengue hyper-endemic city of Machala, Ecuador.

• Main Authors: Catherine A Lippi (Author), Anna M Stewart-Ibarra (Author), Timothy P Endy (Author), Mark Abbott (Author), Cinthya Cueva (Author), Froilán Heras (Author), Mark Polhemus (Author), Efraín Beltrán-Ayala (Author), Sadie J Ryan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The management of mosquito-borne diseases is a challenge in southern coastal Ecuador, where dengue is hyper-endemic and co-circulates with other arboviral diseases. Prior work in the region has explored social-ecological factors, dengue case data, and entomological indices. In this study, we bring t...