TY - JOUR AU - Ouédraogo, Samiratou AU - Benmarhnia, Tarik AU - Bonnet, Emmanuel AU - Somé, Paul-André AU - Barro, Ahmed AU - Kafando, Yamba AU - Soma, Diloma Dieudonné AU - Dabiré, Roch AU - Saré, Diane AU - Fournet, Florence AU - Ridde, Valéry T1 - Evaluation of Effectiveness of a Community-Based Intervention for Control of Dengue Virus Vector, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2018 VL - 24 IS - 10 SP - 1859 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We evaluated the effectiveness of a community-based intervention for dengue vector control in Ouagadougou, the capital city of Burkina Faso. Households in the intervention (n = 287) and control (n = 289) neighborhoods were randomly sampled and the outcomes collected before the intervention (October 2015) and after the intervention (October 2016). The intervention reduced residents’ exposure to dengue vector bites (vector saliva biomarker difference −0.08 [95% CI −0.11 to −0.04]). The pupae index declined in the intervention neighborhood (from 162.14 to 99.03) and increased in the control neighborhood (from 218.72 to 255.67). Residents in the intervention neighborhood were less likely to associate dengue with malaria (risk ratio 0.70 [95% CI 0.58–0.84]) and had increased knowledge about dengue symptoms (risk ratio 1.44 [95% CI 1.22–1.69]). Our study showed that well-planned, evidence/community-based interventions that control exposure to dengue vectors are feasible and effective in urban settings in Africa that have limited resources. KW - dengue KW - vector-borne disease KW - arbovirus KW - Aedes aegypti KW - mosquito KW - community-based KW - intervention KW - effectiveness KW - sub-Saharan Africa KW - Burkina Faso KW - viruses KW - mosquitoes DO - 10.3201/eid2410.180069 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/10/18-0069_article ER - End of Reference