@article{fdi:010042521,
  title = {{A}ssessment of a new strategy, based on {A}edes aegypti ({L}.) pupal productivity, for the surveillance and control of dengue transmission in {T}hailand},
  author = {{B}arbazan, {P}hilippe and {T}untaprasartt, {W}. and {S}ouris, {M}arc and {D}emoraes, {F}lorent and {N}itatpattanat, {N}. and {B}oonyuan, {W}. and {G}onzalez, {J}ean-{P}aul},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n the countries where the disease is endemic, control of dengue is mainly based on the elimination or treatment of the water-filled containers where the main vector, {A}edes aegypti, breeds, in interventions usually reliant on community participation. {A}lthough such control activities must be continuous, since vector eradication appears impossible, it should be possible to reduce the incidence of dengue significantly, in a cost-effective manner, by targeting only those types of containers in which large numbers of {A}e. aegypti are produced. {T}his strategy is now recommended by the {W}orld {H}ealth {O}rganization, although it depends on the most productive types of container being carefully identified, in each endemic region. {I}n {T}hailand, exhaustive surveys of 3125 wet containers in 240 houses in either an urban area (100-120 houses) or a rural area (120 houses) were conducted during a rainy and a dry season in 2004-2005. {I}ndices based on the numbers of {A}e. aegypti pupae observed were found to correlate with the `classical' entomological indices that are based on all of the immature stages of the vector. {O}verall, 2.3 and 0.8 {A}e. aegypti pupae were observed per person in the rural and urban areas, respectively. {A}lthough adult female {A}e. aegypti laid eggs in all 10 types of wet container that were identified, large water-storage containers produced the majority of the pupae, especially at the end of the dry season (when such containers accounted for 90% of the pupae detected in the rural area and 60% of those in the urban area). {S}ince these containers are large, easy to reach and account for < 50% of all wet containers, it should be relatively easy and quick to treat them with larvicide or to cover them. {I}f even such targeted treatment is to be sustainable, however, it will have to be integrated, as one of several activities in which the at-risk communities are encouraged to participate.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}nnals of {T}ropical {M}edicine and {P}arasitology},
  volume = {102},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {161--171},
  ISSN = {0003-4983},
  year = {2008},
  DOI = {10.1179/136485908{X}252296},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010042521},
}