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Assessment of community support for Wolbachia-mediated population suppression as a control method for Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in a community cohort in Puerto Rico

Arboviral diseases transmitted by Aedes species mosquitoes pose an increasing public health challenge in tropical regions. Wolbachia-mediated population suppression (Wolbachia suppression) is a vector control method used to reduce Aedes mosquito populations by introducing male mosquitoes infected wi...

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Autores principales: Sánchez-González, Liliana, Adams, Laura E., Saavedra, Rafael, Little, Emma M., Medina, Nicole A., Major, Chelsea G., Bruck, Marina, Miranda, Julieanne, Rosado-Santiago, Coral, Ryff, Kyle, Ortiz, Marianyoly, Brown, Grayson, Barrera, Roberto, Pérez-Guerra, Carmen L., Rivera-Amill, Vanessa, Paz-Bailey, Gabriela
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8675917/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34871301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009966
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author Sánchez-González, Liliana
Adams, Laura E.
Saavedra, Rafael
Little, Emma M.
Medina, Nicole A.
Major, Chelsea G.
Bruck, Marina
Miranda, Julieanne
Rosado-Santiago, Coral
Ryff, Kyle
Ortiz, Marianyoly
Brown, Grayson
Barrera, Roberto
Pérez-Guerra, Carmen L.
Rivera-Amill, Vanessa
Paz-Bailey, Gabriela
author_facet Sánchez-González, Liliana
Adams, Laura E.
Saavedra, Rafael
Little, Emma M.
Medina, Nicole A.
Major, Chelsea G.
Bruck, Marina
Miranda, Julieanne
Rosado-Santiago, Coral
Ryff, Kyle
Ortiz, Marianyoly
Brown, Grayson
Barrera, Roberto
Pérez-Guerra, Carmen L.
Rivera-Amill, Vanessa
Paz-Bailey, Gabriela
author_sort Sánchez-González, Liliana
collection PubMed
description Arboviral diseases transmitted by Aedes species mosquitoes pose an increasing public health challenge in tropical regions. Wolbachia-mediated population suppression (Wolbachia suppression) is a vector control method used to reduce Aedes mosquito populations by introducing male mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia, a naturally occurring endosymbiotic bacterium. When Wolbachia-infected male mosquitoes mate with female wild mosquitoes, the resulting eggs will not hatch. Public support is vital to the successful implementation and sustainability of vector control interventions. Communities Organized to Prevent Arboviruses (COPA) is a cohort study to determine the incidence of arboviral disease in Ponce, Puerto Rico and evaluate vector control methods. Focus groups were conducted with residents of COPA communities to gather their opinion on vector control methods; during 2018–2019, adult COPA participants were interviewed regarding their views on Wolbachia suppression; and a follow-up questionnaire was conducted among a subset of participants and non-participants residing in COPA communities. We analyzed factors associated with support for this method. Among 1,528 participants in the baseline survey, median age was 37 years and 63% were female. A total of 1,032 (68%) respondents supported Wolbachia suppression. Respondents with an income of $40,000 or more were 1.34 times as likely [95% CI: 1.03, 1.37] to support Wolbachia suppression than those who earned less than $40,000 annually. Respondents who reported repellant use were 1.19 times as likely to support Wolbachia suppression [95% CI: 1.03, 1.37]. A follow-up survey in 2020 showed that most COPA participants (86%) and non-participants living in COPA communities (84%) supported Wolbachia suppression during and after an educational campaign. The most frequent questions regarding this method were related to its impact on human and animal health, and the environment. Continuous community engagement and education efforts before and during the implementation of novel vector control interventions are necessary to increase and maintain community support.
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spelling pubmed-86759172021-12-17 Assessment of community support for Wolbachia-mediated population suppression as a control method for Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in a community cohort in Puerto Rico Sánchez-González, Liliana Adams, Laura E. Saavedra, Rafael Little, Emma M. Medina, Nicole A. Major, Chelsea G. Bruck, Marina Miranda, Julieanne Rosado-Santiago, Coral Ryff, Kyle Ortiz, Marianyoly Brown, Grayson Barrera, Roberto Pérez-Guerra, Carmen L. Rivera-Amill, Vanessa Paz-Bailey, Gabriela PLoS Negl Trop Dis Research Article Arboviral diseases transmitted by Aedes species mosquitoes pose an increasing public health challenge in tropical regions. Wolbachia-mediated population suppression (Wolbachia suppression) is a vector control method used to reduce Aedes mosquito populations by introducing male mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia, a naturally occurring endosymbiotic bacterium. When Wolbachia-infected male mosquitoes mate with female wild mosquitoes, the resulting eggs will not hatch. Public support is vital to the successful implementation and sustainability of vector control interventions. Communities Organized to Prevent Arboviruses (COPA) is a cohort study to determine the incidence of arboviral disease in Ponce, Puerto Rico and evaluate vector control methods. Focus groups were conducted with residents of COPA communities to gather their opinion on vector control methods; during 2018–2019, adult COPA participants were interviewed regarding their views on Wolbachia suppression; and a follow-up questionnaire was conducted among a subset of participants and non-participants residing in COPA communities. We analyzed factors associated with support for this method. Among 1,528 participants in the baseline survey, median age was 37 years and 63% were female. A total of 1,032 (68%) respondents supported Wolbachia suppression. Respondents with an income of $40,000 or more were 1.34 times as likely [95% CI: 1.03, 1.37] to support Wolbachia suppression than those who earned less than $40,000 annually. Respondents who reported repellant use were 1.19 times as likely to support Wolbachia suppression [95% CI: 1.03, 1.37]. A follow-up survey in 2020 showed that most COPA participants (86%) and non-participants living in COPA communities (84%) supported Wolbachia suppression during and after an educational campaign. The most frequent questions regarding this method were related to its impact on human and animal health, and the environment. Continuous community engagement and education efforts before and during the implementation of novel vector control interventions are necessary to increase and maintain community support. Public Library of Science 2021-12-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8675917/ /pubmed/34871301 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009966 Text en https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/This is an open access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose. The work is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) public domain dedication.
spellingShingle Research Article
Sánchez-González, Liliana
Adams, Laura E.
Saavedra, Rafael
Little, Emma M.
Medina, Nicole A.
Major, Chelsea G.
Bruck, Marina
Miranda, Julieanne
Rosado-Santiago, Coral
Ryff, Kyle
Ortiz, Marianyoly
Brown, Grayson
Barrera, Roberto
Pérez-Guerra, Carmen L.
Rivera-Amill, Vanessa
Paz-Bailey, Gabriela
Assessment of community support for Wolbachia-mediated population suppression as a control method for Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in a community cohort in Puerto Rico
title Assessment of community support for Wolbachia-mediated population suppression as a control method for Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in a community cohort in Puerto Rico
title_full Assessment of community support for Wolbachia-mediated population suppression as a control method for Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in a community cohort in Puerto Rico
title_fullStr Assessment of community support for Wolbachia-mediated population suppression as a control method for Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in a community cohort in Puerto Rico
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of community support for Wolbachia-mediated population suppression as a control method for Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in a community cohort in Puerto Rico
title_short Assessment of community support for Wolbachia-mediated population suppression as a control method for Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in a community cohort in Puerto Rico
title_sort assessment of community support for wolbachia-mediated population suppression as a control method for aedes aegypti mosquitoes in a community cohort in puerto rico
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8675917/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34871301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009966
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