The "auto-dissemination" approach: a novel concept to fight Aedes albopictus in urban areas.

• Published in: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Beniamino Caputo, Annamaria Ienco, Daniela Cianci, Marco Pombi, Vincenzo Petrarca, Alberto Baseggio, Gregor J Devine, Alessandra della Torre
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; The Sentinel
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001793; https://doaj.org/article/96f910f987034c86b4d2c5b168df0ffe

The main constraint to the fight against container-breeding mosquito vectors of human arboviruses is the difficulty in targeting the multiplicity of larval sources, mostly represented by small man-made water containers. The aim of this work is to assess the feasibility of the "auto-disseminatio...