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Publication Date:
07/09/2021

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Field efficacy of larvivorous fish and pyriproxyfen combined with community engagement on dengue vectors in Cambodia
Author(s): JC. Hustedt, D. Doum, V. Keo, S. Ly, B. Sam, V. Chan, N. Alexander, J. Bradley, M. Liverani, DB. Prasetyo, A. Rachmat, M. Shafique, S. Lopes, L. Rithea, J. Hii

Publication Date:
07/09/2021
Type:
Journal article

Abstract

Evidence on the effectiveness of low-cost, sustainable biological vector control tools for Aedes mosquitoes is limited. Therefore, the purpose of this trial was to estimate the impact of guppy fish in combination with the larvicide pyriproxyfen (PPF) (Sumilarv® 2MR) and communication for behavioral impact (COMBI) activities to reduce entomological indices in Cambodia. In this cluster randomised, controlled superiority trial, 30 clusters comprised of one or more villages each was allocated in a 1:1:1 ratio to receive either 1) all three interventions (guppies, PPF and COMBI), 2) two interventions (guppies and COMBI), or three) control (standard vector control). Entomological surveys among 40 randomly selected households per cluster were carried out quarterly. The primary outcome was the population abundance of adult female Aedes mosquitoes trapped using adult resting collections. In the primary analysis, adult female Aedes abundance and mosquito infection rates was aggregated over follow-up time points to give a single rate per cluster. These data were analysed by negative binomial regression, yielding abundance ratios (ARs). The number of Aedes females was reduced roughly by half compared with the control in both the guppy, PPF, and COMBI arm (AR = 0.54; 95 percent CI, 0.34–0.85; P = 0.0073); and the guppy and COMBI arm (AR = 0.49; 95 percent CI, 0.31–0.77; P = 0.0021). The effectiveness demonstrated and extremely low cost of including fish rearing in community-based health structures suggest they should be considered as a vector control tool as long as the benefits outweigh any potential environmental concerns. Sumilarv® 2MR was also highly accepted and preferred over current vector control tools used in Cambodia.

Published in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Country: Cambodia

Keywords: Research | Dengue | Vector control | SDG3

 

 

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