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Control of Urban Zika Vectors: Should We Return to the Successful PAHO/WHO Strategy?

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  • In the past, there were two remarkable examples of success: the source-reduction campaigns that began at the turn of the 20th century, and the Ae. aegypti Eradication Campaign—coordinated by the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO)—that followed in the late 1940s

  • The problem is: How? We assume that the urban vectors of the virus are Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus

  • There were two remarkable examples of success: the source-reduction campaigns that began at the turn of the 20th century, and the Ae. aegypti Eradication Campaign—coordinated by the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO)—that followed in the late 1940s

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Introduction

There were two remarkable examples of success: the source-reduction campaigns that began at the turn of the 20th century, and the Ae. aegypti Eradication Campaign—coordinated by the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO)—that followed in the late 1940s. We assume that the urban vectors of the virus are Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus.

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