Fighting Dengue in Cuba
Mark M. Greena b c d e✉
- aBrooklyn, NY 11201, USA
- bDepartment of Chemistry
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- dPolytechnic University
- eChemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- ✉Corresponding author
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Abstract
A resurgence of dengue fever in Cuba associated with the failure of a large government program to maintain an early success in control of Aedes aegypti is reported by Gary Taubes (News & Comment, [11 July, p. 174][1]). Experts are reported to believe that effective and long-standing control might follow individual community efforts to control this mosquito vector for dengue fever. The article also reports that Aedes aegypti breeds in human-made containers. In 1991, my co-authors and I reported showing that certain commonly available marigolds, after steaming, yield a stable oil that acts as a larvicide against Aedes aegypti both in laboratory tests and in barrel tests ([1][2]). Because Aedes aegypti usually forms larvae in limited volumes of water, this finding might be worthy of investigation for control of dengue fever in Cuba. 1. [↵][3]1. M. M. Green, 2. J. M. Singer, 3. D. J. Sutherland, 4. C. R. Hibben , J. Am. Mosq. Control Assoc. 7, 282 (1991). [OpenUrl][4][PubMed][5][Web of Science][6] [1]: /lookup/doi/10.1126/science.277.5323.174 [2]: #ref-1 [3]: #xref-ref-1-1 View reference 1 in text [4]: {openurl}?query=rft.jtitle%253DJournal%2Bof%2Bthe%2BAmerican%2BMosquito%2BControl%2BAssociation%26rft.stitle%253DJ%2BAm%2BMosq%2BControl%2BAssoc%26rft.aulast%253DGreen%26rft.auinit1%253DM.%2BM.%26rft.volume%253D7%26rft.issue%253D2%26rft.spage%253D282%26rft.epage%253D286%26rft.atitle%253DLarvicidal%2Bactivity%2Bof%2BTagetes%2Bminuta%2B%2528marigold%2529%2Btoward%2BAedes%2Baegypti.%26rft_id%253Dinfo%253Apmid%252F1895085%26rft.genre%253Darticle%26rft_val_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Ajournal%26ctx_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ctx_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Actx [5]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=1895085&link_type=MED&atom=%2Fsci%2F277%2F5326%2F623.2.atom [6]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=A1991FX04900015&link_type=ISI
TL;DRA resurgence of d Dengue fever in Cuba associated with the failure of a large government program to maintain an early success in control of Aedes aegypti is reported by Gary Taubes to believe that effective and long-standing control might follow individual community efforts to control this mosquito vector for dengue fever. (Semantic Scholar)