Surveillance and control of urban dengue vectors.

This chapter focuses on the various urban surveillance and control methods for dengue disease vectors. The surveillance methods that are described include the following: container incides, collection of eggs by ovitraps, and collection of adults. Control methods reviewed in the chapter include the following: control of aquatic stages; source reduction; community-based control; control of larvae; control of adults; other measures such as protection of water storage containers and water supply, use of autocidal and tire ovitraps, use of lethal ovitraps, and personal protection measures. The chapter also discusses the controversy on ULV aerosols and their impact on the dengue vector transmission cycle; insecticide resistance; vector eradication controversies; and, the politics of emergency vector control.