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Volume 32, Number 4—April 2026

Dispatch

Outbreak of Dengue Virus Serotype 3, Republic of the Marshall Islands, 2019–2021

Tomás M. LeónComments to Author , Jill McCready, Erlynda Chutaro, Janet McAllister, Bobson Solomon, and Limb K. Hapairai
Author affiliation: Pacific Island Health Officers’ Association, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (T.M. León, L.K. Hapairai); Republic of the Marshall Islands Ministry of Health and Human Services, Majuro, Marshall Islands (J. McCready, E. Chutaro, B. Solomon); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (J. McAllister); City of New Orleans Mosquito Termite & Rodent Control Board, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (J. McAllister)

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Table 1

Summary of immature mosquito vector assessment conducted on Ebeye island during outbreak of dengue virus serotype 3, Republic of the Marshall Islands, August 2019

Assessment
   Value
Total no. households assessed   1,135
No. sampled for immature mosquitoes   105
House index*   50
No. containers inspected   476
Container index†
   17
Breteau index‡
Water cisterns   21
Drums   61
Buckets   6
Coolers   4
Abandoned appliances, boats, or vehicles   3
Bowls or pans
   1
Overall   76

*Percentage of properties with >1 container positive for immature mosquitoes. †Percentage of containers positive for immature mosquitoes/100 properties. ‡Number of containers positive for immature mosquitoes/100 properties.

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