Research Article

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

Table 4

Geometric mean1 count for female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in fraccionamiento homes by visit number, area, curtain treatment group, and number of unscreened windows in control (NTC) and intervention (ITC) homes.

AreaNumber ofVisitOverall
Unscreened WindowsTreatment123456789

≤1NTC0.560.300.390.720.520.460.310.180.280.40
ITC0.270.170.340.700.570.950.590.220.420.45
2 to 4NTC0.640.120.350.770.830.750.380.190.630.50
Urban/suburbanITC0.570.360.380.701.121.140.430.220.480.57
≥5NTC0.380.210.531.110.990.770.550.120.860.58
ITC0.470.260.301.371.150.770.890.110.610.61
OverallNTC0.530.210.420.860.770.650.410.160.570.49
ITC0.430.260.340.900.930.950.620.180.500.54

≤1NTC0.500.580.553.431.190.931.190.561.261.01
ITC0.320.120.410.260.530.520.480.180.110.32
2 to 4NTC0.500.790.333.561.971.100.430.213.251.09
RuralITC0.110.190.811.720.731.200.570.231.550.71
≥5NTC0.521.400.324.072.422.881.350.344.061.59
ITC0.520.490.101.071.960.710.980.101.230.71
OverallNTC0.510.900.403.681.811.510.950.362.651.21
ITC0.300.260.410.920.990.790.660.170.850.57

Geometric means are significantly different between the control (NTC) and intervention (ITC) treatment group of homes at the 10% significance level if bolded and at the 5% significance level if bolded and underlined.