Increasing Role of Roof Gutters as Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) Breeding Sites in Guadeloupe (French West Indies) and Consequences on Dengue Transmission and Vector Control

During the past ten years, the islands of Guadeloupe (French West Indies) are facing dengue epidemics with increasing numbers of cases and fatal occurrences. The vector Aedes aegypti is submitted to intensive control, with little effect on mosquito populations. The hypothesis that important Ae. aegy...

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Autores principales: Gustave, Joël, Fouque, Florence, Cassadou, Sylvie, Leon, Lucie, Anicet, Gabriel, Ramdini, Cédric, Sonor, Fabrice
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Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3323855/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22548085
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/249524
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author Gustave, Joël
Fouque, Florence
Cassadou, Sylvie
Leon, Lucie
Anicet, Gabriel
Ramdini, Cédric
Sonor, Fabrice
author_facet Gustave, Joël
Fouque, Florence
Cassadou, Sylvie
Leon, Lucie
Anicet, Gabriel
Ramdini, Cédric
Sonor, Fabrice
author_sort Gustave, Joël
collection PubMed
description During the past ten years, the islands of Guadeloupe (French West Indies) are facing dengue epidemics with increasing numbers of cases and fatal occurrences. The vector Aedes aegypti is submitted to intensive control, with little effect on mosquito populations. The hypothesis that important Ae. aegypti breeding sites are not controlled is investigated herein. For that purpose, the roof gutters of 123 houses were systematically investigated, and the percentage of gutters positive for Ae. aegypti varied from 17.2% to 37.5%, from humid to dry locations. In the dryer location, most of houses had no other breeding sites. The results show that roof gutters are becoming the most important Ae. aegypti breeding sites in some locations in Guadeloupe, with consequences on dengue transmission and vector control.
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spelling pubmed-33238552012-04-30 Increasing Role of Roof Gutters as Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) Breeding Sites in Guadeloupe (French West Indies) and Consequences on Dengue Transmission and Vector Control Gustave, Joël Fouque, Florence Cassadou, Sylvie Leon, Lucie Anicet, Gabriel Ramdini, Cédric Sonor, Fabrice J Trop Med Research Article During the past ten years, the islands of Guadeloupe (French West Indies) are facing dengue epidemics with increasing numbers of cases and fatal occurrences. The vector Aedes aegypti is submitted to intensive control, with little effect on mosquito populations. The hypothesis that important Ae. aegypti breeding sites are not controlled is investigated herein. For that purpose, the roof gutters of 123 houses were systematically investigated, and the percentage of gutters positive for Ae. aegypti varied from 17.2% to 37.5%, from humid to dry locations. In the dryer location, most of houses had no other breeding sites. The results show that roof gutters are becoming the most important Ae. aegypti breeding sites in some locations in Guadeloupe, with consequences on dengue transmission and vector control. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-04-02 /pmc/articles/PMC3323855/ /pubmed/22548085 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/249524 Text en Copyright © 2012 Joël Gustave et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Gustave, Joël
Fouque, Florence
Cassadou, Sylvie
Leon, Lucie
Anicet, Gabriel
Ramdini, Cédric
Sonor, Fabrice
Increasing Role of Roof Gutters as Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) Breeding Sites in Guadeloupe (French West Indies) and Consequences on Dengue Transmission and Vector Control
title Increasing Role of Roof Gutters as Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) Breeding Sites in Guadeloupe (French West Indies) and Consequences on Dengue Transmission and Vector Control
title_full Increasing Role of Roof Gutters as Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) Breeding Sites in Guadeloupe (French West Indies) and Consequences on Dengue Transmission and Vector Control
title_fullStr Increasing Role of Roof Gutters as Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) Breeding Sites in Guadeloupe (French West Indies) and Consequences on Dengue Transmission and Vector Control
title_full_unstemmed Increasing Role of Roof Gutters as Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) Breeding Sites in Guadeloupe (French West Indies) and Consequences on Dengue Transmission and Vector Control
title_short Increasing Role of Roof Gutters as Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) Breeding Sites in Guadeloupe (French West Indies) and Consequences on Dengue Transmission and Vector Control
title_sort increasing role of roof gutters as aedes aegypti (diptera: culicidae) breeding sites in guadeloupe (french west indies) and consequences on dengue transmission and vector control
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3323855/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22548085
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/249524
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