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Simple intervention to reduce mosquito breeding in waste stabilisation ponds

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Authors:
  • Ensink, Jeroen H J ;
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  • Mukhtar, Muhammad ;
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  • van der Hoek, Wim ;
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    Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Københavns Universitet
  • Konradsen, Flemming
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    Orcid logo0000-0003-1036-6949
    Global Health Section, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Københavns Universitet
DOI:
10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.07.007
Abstract:
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.
Type:
Journal article
Language:
English
Published in:
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2007, Vol 101, Issue 11, p. 1143-6
Main Research Area:
Medical science
Publication Status:
Published
Review type:
Peer Review
Submission year:
2007
Scientific Level:
Scientific
ID:
2167352077

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