Prevention and control of mosquito-borne arboviral diseases: lessons learned from a school-based intervention in Brazil (Zikamob)

• Main Authors: Silvana Santos (Author), Roberta Smania-Marques (Author), Victor Alves Albino (Author), Izabelly Dutra Fernandes (Author), Francisco Fernandes Abel Mangueira (Author), Ruy Alberto Pisani Altafim (Author), Ricardo Olinda (Author), Matt Smith (Author), John Traxler (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Since the 1980s, when dengue was reintroduced in Brazil, outbreaks and epidemics caused by different arbovirus strains transmitted by vector mosquitoes such as Aedes aegypti have been an annual occurrence. The aim of this study was to evaluate the behavioural change of high schoo...