Public Mosquito Abatement

• Tác giả: Josselin Thuilliez
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 648.7 Pest control
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2017
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 307088
• Chủ đề: 1. mosquito; 2. mosquito abatement; 3. private behavior; 4. public control; 5. public good

Tóm tắt

Mosquito abatement is a public good. A simultaneous model of mosquito abundance and abatement response is developed. This paper uses data from a cluster randomized controlled experiment conducted over the period 2012-2014 in urban areas of Reunion in France to study the impact of WHO-recommended mechanical elimination techniques, which involve removing sources of stagnant water around the house, on a number of outcomes, including objective entomological indices and self-declared protective behaviors. Empirical results document that households reduce their protective behavior in response to public control. This study holds implications for arboviral disease control, including Zika control.