The additional benefit of residual spraying and insecticide-treated curtains for dengue control over current best practice in Cuba Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde Universiteit Gent
BACKGROUND: Aedes control interventions are considered the cornerstone of dengue control programmes, but there is scarce evidence on their effect on disease. We set-up a cluster randomized controlled trial in Santiago de Cuba to evaluate the entomological and epidemiological effectiveness of periodical intra- and peri-domiciliary residual insecticide (deltamethrin) treatment (RIT) and long lasting insecticide treated curtains (ITC).
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