TY - JOUR AU - Pepin, Kim AU - Marques-Toledo, Cecilia AU - Scherer, Luciano AU - Morais, Maira AU - Ellis, Brett AU - Eiras, Alvaro T1 - Cost-effectiveness of Novel System of Mosquito Surveillance and Control, Brazil T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2013 VL - 19 IS - 4 SP - 542 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Of all countries in the Western Hemisphere, Brazil has the highest economic losses caused by dengue fever. We evaluated the cost-effectiveness of a novel system of vector surveillance and control, Monitoramento Inteligente da Dengue (Intelligent Dengue Monitoring System [MID]), which was implemented in 21 cities in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Traps for adult female mosquitoes were spaced at 300-m intervals throughout each city. In cities that used MID, vector control was conducted specifically at high-risk sites (indicated through daily updates by MID). In control cities, vector control proceeded according to guidelines of the Brazilian government. We estimated that MID prevented 27,191 cases of dengue fever and saved an average of $227 (median $58) per case prevented, which saved approximately $364,517 in direct costs (health care and vector control) and $7,138,940 in lost wages (societal effect) annually. MID was more effective in cities with stronger economies and more cost-effective in cities with higher levels of mosquito infestation. KW - dengue KW - dengue virus KW - viruses KW - mosquito surveillance KW - mosquito control KW - cost-effectiveness KW - Aedes aegypti KW - Brazil DO - 10.3201/eid1904.120117 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/4/12-0117_article ER - End of Reference