The Use of Insecticide-Treated Curtains for Control of Aedes aegypti and Dengue Virus Transmission in “Fraccionamiento” Style Houses in México

Table 2

Total number and average¹ number per home visit of all species of mosquitoes and Aedes aegypti males and females collected inside intervention (ITC)² and control (NTC)² homes during pre- and post-curtain installation.

Area	NTC/ITC	Baseline 2012			Visits 1–9
		Total number and average number per home of mosquitoes before curtain installation			Total number and average number per home visit of mosquitoes after curtain installation
		All species	Aedes aegypti; female and male	Aedes aegypti female	All species	Aedes aegypti; female and male	Aedes aegypti female
Urban/Suburban	NTC	1,036 (6.2)	826 (5.0)	498 (3.0)	3,588 (2.9)	2,234 (1.8)	1,409 (1.1)
	ITC	793 (4.7)	618 (3.7)	383 (2.3)	3,126 (2.6)	2,088 (1.7)	1,301 (1.1)
Rural	NTC	392 (16.3)	143 (6.0)	72 (3.0)	1,537 (8.4)	651 (3.6)	452 (2.5)
	ITC	287 (11.0)	84 (3.2)	61 (2.3)	753 (3.9)	339 (1.7)	206 (1.1)

Average is shown in parentheses; ²ITC = insecticide treated curtains; NTC = non-treated curtains.