Household Characteristics, Residents’ Behaviors, and Seasonal Factors Associated With the Presence and Persistence of Aedes aegypti in a Dengue-Endemic Area
Alejandro Cortés-Meda, Guadalupe Ponciano Rodríguez, Guadalupe Silvia García-de la Torre, Julián Everardo García-Rejón, Jorge Fernando Méndez-Galván · 2026
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Alejandro Cortés-Meda and colleagues follow households in a dengue-endemic town in Oaxaca, Mexico, to learn what keeps the dengue mosquito living around homes. The mosquito thrives in urban and suburban yards, above all in poorer areas with stored water. Their year-long cohort study ran seven indoor and outdoor checks for the insect.
Teams made 476 visits in total and found 494 breeding sites holding larvae or pupae across the rounds. House traits, resident habits, and season were each tested against how often the mosquito appeared and how long it stayed. Standing water habits that families can change stood at the center of the analysis. Season-aware control aimed at the flagged household factors could cut spraying waste and dengue risk together.
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| CREATOR | Alejandro Cortés-Meda, Guadalupe Ponciano Rodríguez, Guadalupe Silvia García-de la Torre, Julián Everardo García-Rejón, Jorge Fernando Méndez-Galván |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |