Estimating the impact of city-wide Aedes aegypti population control: An observational study in Iquitos, Peru.

• Main Authors: Robert C Reiner (Author), Steven T Stoddard (Author), Gonzalo M Vazquez-Prokopec (Author), Helvio Astete (Author), T Alex Perkins (Author), Moises Sihuincha (Author), Jeffrey D Stancil (Author), David L Smith (Author), Tadeuz J Kochel (Author), Eric S Halsey (Author), Uriel Kitron (Author), Amy C Morrison (Author), Thomas W Scott (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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During the last 50 years, the geographic range of the mosquito Aedes aegypti has increased dramatically, in parallel with a sharp increase in the disease burden from the viruses it transmits, including Zika, chikungunya, and dengue. There is a growing consensus that vector control is essential to pr...