Mosquito Control Activities during Local Transmission of Zika Virus, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA, 2016

In 2016, four clusters of local mosquitoborne Zika virus transmission were identified in Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA, generating "red zones" (areas into which pregnant women were advised against traveling). The Miami-Dade County Mosquito Control Division initiated intensive control act...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2020-05, Vol.26 (5), p.881-890
Main Authors: McAllister, Janet C, Porcelli, Mario, Medina, Johana M, Delorey, Mark J, Connelly, C Roxanne, Godsey, Marvin S, Panella, Nicholas A, Dzuris, Nicole, Boegler, Karen A, Kenney, Joan L, Kothera, Linda, Vizcaino, Lucrecia, Lenhart, Audrey E, Mutebi, John-Paul, Vasquez, Chalmers
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Bioassays
Containers
Disease control
Epidemics
Field study
Florida
Genetic vectors
Guillain-Barre syndrome
Insect control
Insecticides
Inspections
Medical laboratories
Miami-Dade County
Mosquito control
Mosquito Control Activities during Local Transmission of Zika Virus, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA, 2016
Mosquitoes
Permethrin
Pregnant women
Surveillance
Time
vector-borne infections
Zika virus
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Summary:In 2016, four clusters of local mosquitoborne Zika virus transmission were identified in Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA, generating "red zones" (areas into which pregnant women were advised against traveling). The Miami-Dade County Mosquito Control Division initiated intensive control activities, including property inspections, community education, and handheld sprayer applications of larvicides and adulticides. For the first time, the Mosquito Control Division used a combination of areawide ultralow-volume adulticide and low-volume larvicide spraying to effectively control Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, the primary Zika virus vector within the county. The number of mosquitoes rapidly decreased, and Zika virus transmission was interrupted within the red zones immediately after the combination of adulticide and larvicide spraying.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2605.191606