Risk factors for Aedes aegypti household pupal persistence in longitudinal entomological household surveys in urban and rural Kenya
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2020Author
Ngugi, Harun N.
Nyathi, Sindiso
Krystosik, Amy
Ndenga, Bryson
Mbakaya, Joel O.
Aswani, Peter
Musunzaji, Peter S.
Irungu, Lucy W.
Bisanzio, Donal
Kitron, Uriel
LaBeaud, A. Desiree
Mutuku, Francis
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Aedes aegypti is an efcient vector of several arboviruses of public health importance, including Zika
and dengue. Currently vector management is the only available avenue for disease control. Development of efcient
vector control strategies requires a thorough understanding of vector ecology. In this study, we identifed households
that are consistently productive for Ae. aegypti pupae and determined the ecological and socio-demographic factors
associated with the persistence and abundance of pupae in households in rural and urban Kenya.