Title
Efficacy of Aedes aegypti control by indoor Ultra Low Volume (ULV) insecticide spraying in Iquitos, Peru
Date Issued
06 April 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
research article
Author(s)
Gunning C.E.
Okamoto K.W.
Erhardt E.
Del Aguila C.
Pinedo R.
Cardenas R.
Pacheco C.
Chalco E.
Rodriguez-Ferruci H.
Scott T.W.
Lloyd A.L.
Gould F.
Morrison A.C.
Naval Medical Research Unit South
Naval Medical Research Unit South
Abstract
Background: Aedes aegypti is a primary vector of dengue, chikungunya, Zika, and urban yellow fever viruses. Indoor, ultra low volume (ULV) space spraying with pyrethroid insecticides is the main approach used for Ae. aegypti emergency control in many countries. Given the widespread use of this method, the lack of large-scale experiments or detailed evaluations of municipal spray programs is problematic. Methodology/Principal findings: Two experimental evaluations of non-residual, indoor ULV pyrethroid spraying were conducted in Iquitos, Peru. In each, a central sprayed sector was surrounded by an unsprayed buffer sector. In 2013, spray and buffer sectors included 398 and 765 houses, respectively. Spraying reduced the mean number of adults captured per house by ~83 percent relative to the pre-spray baseline survey. In the 2014 experiment, sprayed and buffer sectors included 1,117 and 1,049 houses, respectively. Here, the sprayed sector’s number of adults per house was reduced ~64 percent relative to baseline. Parity surveys in the sprayed sector during the 2014 spray period indicated an increase in the proportion of very young females. We also evaluated impacts of a 2014 citywide spray program by the local Ministry of Health, which reduced adult populations by ~60 percent. In all cases, adult densities returned to near-baseline levels within one month. Conclusions/Significance: Our results demonstrate that densities of adult Ae. aegypti can be reduced by experimental and municipal spraying programs. The finding that adult densities return to approximately pre-spray densities in less than a month is similar to results from previous, smaller scale experiments. Our results demonstrate that ULV spraying is best viewed as having a short-term entomological effect. The epidemiological impact of ULV spraying will need evaluation in future trials that measure capacity of insecticide spraying to reduce human infection or disease.
Volume
12
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Medicina tropical
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85046458394
PubMed ID
Source
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
ISSN of the container
19352727
Sponsor(s)
This research was funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant R01-AI091980, the W. M. Keck Foundation, and the National Science Foundation (RTG/DMS - 1246991 and NSF-IGERT - 1068676). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. We thank Brandon Hollingsworth, Jaye Sudweeks, Sumit Dhole, and Jennifer Baltzegar for helpful discussion. We are grateful to the Ministerio de Agricultura y Riego de Perú, Dirección General Forestal y de Fauna Silvestre for permission to conduct these studies under the auspices of Resolución Directoral No. 0406-2013-MINAGRI-DGFFS/DGEFFS. We thank the residents of Iquitos, Peru for allowing us to undertake this study in and around their homes. We greatly appreciate support of the Loreto Regional Health Department including Dra. Wilma Casanova and Cristiam Carey, who all facilitated our work in Iquitos. Gerson Perez Rodriguez supervised the collection and processing of mosquitoes. Entomological surveys were carried out by Jhon Bardales Cardenas, Cesar Campos Cardenas, Jimmy Maykol Castillo Pizango,Willy Chavez, Fernando Chota Ruiz, Guillermo Elespuru Hidalgo, Victor Elespuru Hidalgo, Fernando Espinoza Benavides, Rusbel Huinapi Tamani, Guillermo Inapi Huaman, Nestor Jose Nonato Lancha, Federico Reategui Viena, Edson Pilco Mermao, Angel Puertas Lozano, Juan Luiz Sifuentes Rios, Manuel Ruiz Rioja, and Abner Enrique Varzallo Lachi. Jimmy Roberto Espinoza Benavides carried out data entry. We thank Gabriela Vasquez de la Torre, Lorena Quiroz, Alfonso Vizcarra, Esther Jennifer Rios, and Jhonny Cordova Lopez, for their support in community engagement, project execution and monitoring of MoH space sprays. Drs. Robert Hontz, Christopher Mores, Frederick Stell, Craig Stoops, Diego Munoz, Cecilia Gonzales, Kyle Peterson, Adam Armstrong, Guillermo Pimentel, Zoe Moran, Toane Zuleta and Ms. Roxana Lescano of the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6 in Lima, Peru were instrumental in facilitating these studies. Disclaimer The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Navy, Department of Defense, nor the U.S. Government. Copyright statement Some authors of this manuscript are military service members and employees of the U.S. Government. This work was prepared as part of their official duties. Title 17 U.S.C. §105 provides that “Copyright protection under this Title is not available for any work of the United States Government”. Title 17 U.S.C. §101 defines a U.S. Government work as a work prepared by a military service member or employee of the U.S. Government as part of that person’s official duties.
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