Author, year, country | Period | Intervention | Control | Indices & measurement | Main results | Conclusions of authors | ||||
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Chemical control interventions | ||||||||||
Camargo (2002) Brazil [36] | Sep 2000 鈥 Jun 2001 | 1% temephos applied to HH water containers 3 monthly. Community removal of 鈥渞emovable鈥 water containers. | 1 | 17,994 | Community removal of 鈥渞emovable鈥 water containers. | 1 | 37,955 | BI, CI measured monthly for 10聽m in 300 HH randomly selected in both intervention and control clusters | BI and CI slightly lower in control cluster than intervention cluster at most time points. Both BI and CI were related to rainfall. | Not clear why temephos was not effective. |
Kroeger (2006) Mexico and Venezuela [37] MA | Mexico Oct 2002 - Nov 2003 Venezuela Jan 鈥揘ov 2003 | Mexico Window curtains with lambdacyhalothrin and pyriproxyfen chips in water. (HH took out chips; not considered further.) Venezuela Window curtains and water jar covers treated with longlasting deltamethrin | 18 | 1116 | Control clusters received no interventions | 18 | 1108 | HI, CI, BI, PPI measured at baseline, 4w, 4聽m & 12聽m (Mexico) 9聽m (Venezuela). Adult dengue IgM serology at baseline & 8聽m in Venezuela in approx 650 HH | At last measurement in Mexico and Venezuela, no significant difference in entomological indices between intervention and control clusters; but indices in all clusters significantly lower than at baseline. No such fall in nearby 鈥渆xternal control鈥 sites. Levels of dengue IgM lower in intervention clusters than control clusters (p听=听0.06) | The fall in control sites was due to spill-over effect. Insecticide treated curtains can reduce dengue vector levels and potentially dengue transmission |
Lenhart (2008) Haiti [38] MA | Jul 2003 鈥 Jan 2004 | Insecticide (permethrin) treated bednets (ITNs) supplied to households | 9 | 495 | No treatment for 5聽months; received ITNs after 6聽months | 9 | 522 | BI, HI, CI, PPI measured at baseline, 1聽m, 5聽m and 12聽m. IgM dengue serology measured at 12聽m | At 1聽m, all indices fell in the ITN sites. By 5聽m, indices had also fallen in control sites and were now lower than in ITN sites. Control HH near to ITN sites had lower indices. At 12聽m all sites had significantly lower indices and fewer IgM positives than at baseline. | Lack of difference between ITN and control sites due to spill-over. ITNs can reduce vector indices and potentially dengue transmission. |
Ocampo (2009) Colombia [39] MA | Apr 2004 鈥 Jul 2005 | In 3 intervention clusters used a. Lethal Ovitraps with deltamethrin (LO), b. Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis briquettes (Bti) and c. LO聽+聽Bti Initial education of HH about dengue and vector breeding and bi-weekly visits of research team | 3 | 240 | Initial education of HH about dengue and vector breeding and bi-weekly visits of research team | 1 | 80 | HI, PHI, adult index measured at baseline and twice monthly for 4聽m in 10 HH for each intervention cluster (total 30 HH) and 10 control HH | No difference between intervention clusters and the control cluster in any indices. Control cluster indices not different from indices from all clusters measured in previous year, but those in all three intervention clusters combined were lower than those in the previous year. | Lack of difference between intervention and control clusters suggests initial education and repeated visits were as effective as the interventions. Small sample size was an issue. |
Rizzo (2012) Guatemala [40] | Mar 2009 -Oct 2010 | Intervention 1 Window & door nets treated with deltamethrin and water container covers treated with deltamethrin (wrong size so not used). Govt programme treated water with 1% temephos in 3 intervention and 3 control clusters. Intervention 2 After 17聽months, nets replaced as needed and 鈥減roductive鈥 containers treated with temephos or discarded. Govt programme continued as above | 10 | 970 | Govt programme treated water with 1% temephos in 3 intervention and 3 control clusters | 10 | 865 | At baseline, 6w after first intervention and 6w after second intervention measured total pupae, PPI, HI, BI and CI. | 6w after first intervention, indices higher in all clusters than baseline. Total pupae and PPI increased more in control clusters but difference not significant. 6w after second intervention, indices were lower overall. Total pupae reduced significantly more in intervention clusters, borderline difference for PPI. HI reduced significantly more in intervention clusters, borderline difference for BI and no significant difference for CI. | The combination of insecticide treated curtains and targeting productive container types (with temephos and discarding containers) can reduce the dengue vector population. |
Vanlerberghe (2013) Thailand [41] MA | Oct 2007 -Sep 2008 | Window and door nets treated with long-lasting deltamethrin formulation. Max 5 nets/HH. Insecticide supposed to last two years. Routine government vector control. | 22 | 2032 (80鈥110 hh/cluster) | Routine government vector control including temephos available to HH and deltamethrin spraying if case of dengue detected. | 66 | 660 (10 hh/cluster) | BI, HI, CI and PPI measured at baseline, 6聽m & 18聽m. All HH in control clusters; random half of HH in intervention clusters | At 6聽m, BI was significantly lower in intervention clusters. HI, CI and PPI were also lower in intervention clusters. At 18聽m, BI was no longer lower in intervention clusters, and nor were HI, CI and PPI. At 6聽m, 71% of HH used the nets, but only 33% used them at 18聽m. | Insecticide treated window and door nets can reduce vector breeding. The effect is coverage dependent. |
Quintero (2015) Colombia [42] MA | Jul 2013 鈥 Mar 2014 | Immediate: Window and door nets treated with deltamethrin in all 10 clusters. After 8聽m in 4 clusters: Water container covers treated with deltamethrin. Routine government vector control activities continued. | 10 | 922 | Routine government vector control activities: temephos in water containers, health education, occasional malathion space spraying. | 10 | 891 | Measured at baseline, 9w after first intervention, and 4-6w after second intervention: CI, HI, BI, PPI | At first follow up indices fell more (cf baseline) in intervention clusters than control clusters; I-C difference significant for BI only. PPI increased in intervention clusters. At second follow up all indices including PPI decreased more in intervention clusters; significant by t-test but not by non-parametric test. | The intervention package can reduce dengue vector density. Needs behaviour change for sustained effect. |
Che-Mendoza (2015) Mexico [43] | Mar 2011 鈥揙ct 2013 | Door and window screens treated with alpha-cypermethrin. After 14聽m, productive containers also treated with spinosad every 2聽m. Routine government vector control continued. | 10 | 1000 | Routine government vector control: temephos in water containers, space spraying with chloropyrifos and propoxur. | 10 | 1000 | Measured BI, CI, HI & PPI at baseline and at 5, 12, 18 and 24聽m Also measured adult mosquitoes. | Only adult mosquitoes less in intervention HH after the treated screens. At 18聽m (after treatment of productive containers), BI, CI, HI and PPI significantly lower in the intervention clusters. At 24聽m, only PPI significantly lower. | Insecticide treated screens & treatment of productive containers with spinosad can reduce vector breeding for up to 24聽m |
Biological control interventions | ||||||||||
Kittayapong (2012) Thailand [44] MA | May 鈥揘ov 2010 | Community mobilisation meetings and recruitment of ecohealth volunteers. Either copepods or Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis toxin (Bti) to HH water containers, plus screen net covers for containers. Education about dengue vector by ecohealth volunteers | 10 | 441 | No intervention | 10 | 448 | HI, CI, BI & PPI measured at baseline, 2聽m, 4聽m and 6聽m. | Vector indices lower in all clusters than at baseline. No significant difference between intervention and control clusters in HI, CI, BI. PPI was significantly lower in intervention than control clusters at 2聽m, 4聽m & 6聽m | It was feasible to implement the intervention in urban and peri-urban settings. Reduced the vector density (as judged by PPI) |
Community participation and community mobilisation interventions | ||||||||||
Espinoza-Gomez (2002) Mexico [45] | Sep 1998 鈥揂pr 1999 | a. Education. House visits by university students, educational materials (eg calendars), group meetings with video聽+聽sociodrama (47 HH) b. Chemical. ULV spraying malathion & temephos to water containers (46 HH) c. Education & chemical (49 HH) | 3 | 142 | d. Control. No intervention (45 HH) | 1 | 45 | Baseline and 6聽m. Measured BI, CI, HI and positive containers/HH (C+/H). | Reported on C+/H only. Reduced from baseline to 6聽m in Education only cluster, but not in Chemical or Control clusters. In the Education & chemical cluster, reduction from baseline was less marked. | Education intervention was effective but Chemical intervention was not. The Chemical intervention reduced the effect of the Education intervention, perhaps by false sense of security. |
Vanlerberghe (2009) Cuba [46] MA | Jan 2005 鈥揊eb 2006 | >Stakeholder discussions, steering committee >Community working groups, action plans >Coordination between community and services >Harmonisation with local vector control plan. Government routine vector control programme continued. | 16 | 8422 | Government routine vector control programme: House inspections, temephos to water containers, space spraying with cypermethrin or cloripyriphos, health education, fines for law infringements | 16 | 10,748 | HI, BI and PPI measured at several points between baseline and end at 15聽m | The HI, BI and PPI were not different between intervention and control clusters at baseline. At 15聽m, HI, BI and PPI were all significantly lower in intervention clusters compared with control clusters. | A community based environmental management strategy on top of routine programme reduced dengue vector indices. |
Arunachalam (2012) India [47] MA | Jun 2009 鈥 Dec 2010 | >Stakeholder consultation meetings >Involvement of women self-help groups >Mobilisation of schools, teachers & schoolchildren >Communities distributed locally-made container covers and educational materials. Routine government control services. | 10 | 1000 | Routine government control services only. Some of the trial educational materials | 10 | 1000 | CI, BI, HI and PPI measured at baseline, 5聽m and 10聽m | At 10聽m there were significant reductions in the HI, BI, CI and PPI in the intervention vs control clusters. | A community-based approach involving multiple stakeholders to implement control actions reduced dengue vector indices. |
Abeyewickreme (2012), Sri Lanka [48] | Feb 2009 鈥 Feb 2010 | >Building partnerships of local stakeholders >Household solid waste management promoted by HH volunteers >Promoting composting of biodegradable waste >Improvement of local gov rubbish collection | 4 | 803 | Local government services | 4 | 790 | Measured PPI, HI, CI and BI at baseline, 3聽m, 9聽m and 15聽m | No significant differences between intervention and control clusters for HI, CI. BI significantly lower at 15聽m. PPI significantly reduced in intervention clusters. | Household and community involvement helped reduce solid waste containers which are major site of dengue breeding. |
Castro (2012) Cuba [49] | Oct 2004 鈥揇ec 2007 | Participatory strategy: > Organisation and management structures聽 >聽entomological risk surveillance >capacity building at local & intermediate level >community work in vector control, led by community working groups (CWGs) who visited HH, planned actions Government routine vector control programme continued | 16 | 389 | Government routine vector control programme: House inspections, temephos to water containers, space spraying with cypermethrin or cloripyriphos, health education, fines for law infringements | 16 | 390 | BI measured monthly from government surveillance figures before and during intervention from mid 2005 to Dec 2007. | Over the intervention period, the BI remained significantly lower in the intervention clusters than in the control clusters; the difference was bigger after the CWGs began their activities. | The empowerment strategy increased community involvement and added effectiveness to routine vector control. |
Caprara (2015) Brazil [50] | Jun 2012 鈥 May 2013 | >Community workshops >Mobilising elders and schoolchildren for solid waste management >Government workers encouraged covering water containers >Educational materials | 10 | 1689 | Routine government vector control programme. | 10 | 1580 | HI, CI, BI, PPI measured at baseline and 6聽m | All indices significantly lower in the intervention clusters at 6聽m. | Social participation and environmental management is feasible and significantly reduced vector indices. |
Mitchell-Foster (2015) Ecuador [51] | Nov 2012 鈥 Nov 2013 | An integrated intervention strategy (IIS) >Elementary school education programme >Clean Patio Safe Container programme with community volunteer activators | 10 | 993 | Government control programme: >Initially temephos and space spraying with insecticide >Midway, changed to biolarvicide (Bti) and HH education for source reduction | 10 | 993 | HI, BI and PPI measured at baseline and 12聽m | PPI was significantly reduced in intervention clusters vs the control clusters (now with Bti) but only when clusters without full implementation were excluded. | Complicated by change in government programme midway through trial period. Need to explore integration of biolarvicide with the IIS approach. |
Basso (2015) Uruguay [52] MA | Nov 2012 鈥 Apr 2013 | Campaign with community members & health institutions for removal of water containers around households (bags with containers collected). Engagement of community opinion makers, leaflets, & press conference. | 10 | 1000 | Routine removal of the containers by services | 10 | 1000 | BI, CI, HI, PPI & PHI measured at baseline and 5聽m (1聽m after intervention) | The increase in indices from dry to wet season was less in the intervention communities but the difference was not statistically significant. | Low vector densities meant sample size did not have sufficient power to detect differences as significant. |
Andersson (2015) Nicaragua and Mexico [53] MA | Jul 2010 - Feb 2013 | Community discussions of baseline evidence on vector breeding sites & infection in children. Community groups planned actions: HH visits by community brigades, school activities, & community clean-up activities and events. Government control programme continued. | 75 | 9529 | Government dengue control programme: temephos in HH water containers & peridomestic space spraying. | 75 | 9309 | HI, CI, BI, PPI & IgM dengue saliva serology measured at baseline, 12聽m, and 15聽m (Mexico) 17聽m (Nicaragua) | All vector indices significantly lower in intervention than control clusters in follow up survey. Dengue infection rates in children aged 3鈥9聽years (paired saliva samples) and self-reported dengue cases significantly lower in intervention than control sites. | Evidence based community mobilization effective for dengue vector control. Tailored implementation for individual sites gives local customization & strong community engagement. |