title: [Targeted treatment of Aedes aegypti at localities with high risk for dengue transmission, Morelos, Mexico].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the relative importance of Aedes aegyti breeding sites for potential targeted dengue control interventions in Morelos.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional entomological surveys were conducted and collection of Ae. aegypti pupae was taken from all water-holding containers in Cuautla, Jojutla and Tlaquiltenango during dry (1,713 households) and rainy (1,677) seasons in 2008. Relative importance of different types of breeding sites was determined by the contribution (%) to total pupae production within each locality.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In Cuautla most pupae during the dry season were found in wash basins (48.5%), tanks and buckets/pots (15% each); during the rainy season, diverse small items (21.3%), buckets/pots (19.3%) and plant pots (12.9%) were more productive. In Jojutla and Tlaquiltenango, 97% of all pupae was found in plant pots during the dry season; during the rainy season diverse small items (26.3%), washing/cooking utensils (13.9%), buckets/pots (12.9%) and plant pots (12.7%) were significant.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Prevention and control of the dengue vector should be based on this kind of evidence to target the most productive breeding-sites.
authors.affiliation: Servicios de Salud de Morelos, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Villegas-Trejo
authors.forename: Azael
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Che-Mendoza
authors.forename: Mariana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: González-Fernández
authors.forename: Guillermo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guillermo-May
authors.forename: Hugo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: González-Bejarano
authors.forename: Felipe
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dzul-Manzanilla
authors.forename: Armando
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ulloa-García
authors.forename: Rogelio
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Danis-Lozano
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Manrique-Saide
mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes; D000818:Animals; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003715:Dengue / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D009032:Mosquito Control / Q000379:methods*; D011891:Rain; D012307:Risk Factors; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D014867:Water