Social and environmental determinants of Aedes aegypti infestation in Central Havana: results of a case–control study nested in an integrated dengue surveillance programme in Cuba
Pagliccia N, Ibarra AM, Bonet M, Jerry Spiegel (Liu Faculty, UBC), Ouellette V, Yassi
April 1, 2007
Social and environmental determinants of Aedes aegypti infestation in Central Havana: results of a case–control study nested in an integrated dengue surveillance programme in Cuba
by Jerry Spiegel, Bonet M, Ibarra AM, Pagliccia N, Ouellette V, Yassi
Over the past 20 years, dengue fever (DF) has emerged as a serious global health problem. We undertook this epidemiological study specifically to characterize socio-economic and environmental risk factors associated with the presence of A. aegypti in Central Havana to inform and better focus community-based vector control strategies and activities. As the first case–control study to identify social and environmental determinants of infestation, this study has not only provided useful information to local authorities but has also confirmed the importance of factors identified previously, thereby further strengthening the evidence for the need for targeted community-based vector-control strategies, as implemented in Cuba.
