Simple intervention to reduce mosquito breeding in waste stabilisation ponds
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Simple intervention to reduce mosquito breeding in waste stabilisation ponds. / Ensink, Jeroen H J; Mukhtar, Muhammad; van der Hoek, Wim; Konradsen, Flemming.
I: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Bind 101, Nr. 11, 2007, s. 1143-6.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Simple intervention to reduce mosquito breeding in waste stabilisation ponds
AU - Ensink, Jeroen H J
AU - Mukhtar, Muhammad
AU - van der Hoek, Wim
AU - Konradsen, Flemming
N1 - Keywords: Animals; Breeding; Culicidae; Insect Vectors; Mosquito Control; Pakistan; Waste Disposal, Fluid; Water Purification
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Waste stabilisation ponds (WSP) are the preferred method for treatment of urban wastewater in low-income countries but, especially in arid regions, the pond systems can be important breeding sites for mosquitoes of medical importance. In a WSP system in Faisalabad, Pakistan, we assessed the impact of simple environmental interventions on mosquito occurrence and abundance. Reducing the amount of floating matter in the ponds, eliminating emergent vegetation and repairing cracks in the cement structure reduced the number of mosquito-positive samples in the intervention ponds to almost zero, whereas the control ponds had a significant number of positive samples. This suggests that a combination of simple low-cost interventions is a feasible environmental management strategy for vector control in WSP systems that are located in areas where medically important mosquitoes may breed in the shallow ponds.
AB - Waste stabilisation ponds (WSP) are the preferred method for treatment of urban wastewater in low-income countries but, especially in arid regions, the pond systems can be important breeding sites for mosquitoes of medical importance. In a WSP system in Faisalabad, Pakistan, we assessed the impact of simple environmental interventions on mosquito occurrence and abundance. Reducing the amount of floating matter in the ponds, eliminating emergent vegetation and repairing cracks in the cement structure reduced the number of mosquito-positive samples in the intervention ponds to almost zero, whereas the control ponds had a significant number of positive samples. This suggests that a combination of simple low-cost interventions is a feasible environmental management strategy for vector control in WSP systems that are located in areas where medically important mosquitoes may breed in the shallow ponds.
U2 - 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.07.007
DO - 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.07.007
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 17825333
VL - 101
SP - 1143
EP - 1146
JO - Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
SN - 0035-9203
IS - 11
ER -
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