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Abundance and prevalence of Aedes aegypti immatures and relationships with household water storage in rural areas in southern Viet Nam

Overview of attention for article published in International Health, June 2011
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Title
Abundance and prevalence of Aedes aegypti immatures and relationships with household water storage in rural areas in southern Viet Nam
Published in
International Health, June 2011
DOI 10.1016/j.inhe.2010.11.002
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Authors

Le Anh P. Nguyen, Archie C.A. Clements, Jason A.L. Jeffery, Nguyen Thi Yen, Vu Sinh Nam, Gregory Vaughan, Ramon Shinkfield, Simon C. Kutcher, Michelle L. Gatton, Brian H. Kay, Peter A. Ryan

Abstract

Since 2000, the Government of Viet Nam has committed to provide rural communities with increased access to safe water through a variety of household water supply schemes (wells, ferrocement tanks and jars) and piped water schemes. One possible, unintended consequence of these schemes is the concomitant increase in water containers that may serve as habitats for dengue mosquito immatures, principally Aedes aegypti. To assess these possible impacts we undertook detailed household surveys of Ae. aegypti immatures, water storage containers and various socioeconomic factors in three rural communes in southern Viet Nam. Positive relationships between the numbers of household water storage containers and the prevalence and abundance of Ae. aegypti immatures were found. Overall, water storage containers accounted for 92-97% and 93-96% of the standing crops of III/IV instars and pupae, respectively. Interestingly, households with higher socioeconomic levels had significantly higher numbers of water storage containers and therefore greater risk of Ae. aegypti infestation. Even after provision of piped water to houses, householders continued to store water in containers and there was no observed decrease in water storage container abundance in these houses, compared to those that relied entirely on stored water. These findings highlight the householders' concerns about the limited availability of water and their strong behavoural patterns associated with storage of water. We conclude that household water storage container availability is a major risk factor for infestation with Ae. aegypti immatures, and that recent investment in rural water supply infrastructure are unlikely to mitigate this risk, at least in the short term.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Germany 1 1%
Peru 1 1%
Vietnam 1 1%
Unknown 70 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 15 21%
Researcher 12 16%
Student > Bachelor 9 12%
Other 7 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 8%
Other 11 15%
Unknown 13 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 17 23%
Social Sciences 8 11%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 11%
Environmental Science 6 8%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 5%
Other 16 22%
Unknown 14 19%
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