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VECTOR CONTROL
​​​2021
Abundance and Seasonality of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) in Two Suburban Localities of South Mexico, With Implications for Wolbachia (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae)-Carrying Male Releases for Population Suppression.
J Med Entomol. Apr 2:tjab052.
Che-Mendoza A, Martin-Park A, Chávez-Trava JM, Contreras-Perera Y, Delfín-González H, González-Olvera G, Leirana-Alcocer J, Guillermo-May G, Chan-Espinoza D, Pavia-Ruz N, Méndez-Vales RE, Alcocer-Gamboa A, Correa-Morales F, Palacio-Vargas J, Zhang D, Vazquez-Prokopec GM, Xi Z, Manrique-Saide P. 2021.
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The entomological impact of passive metofluthrin emanators against indoor Aedes aegypti: A randomized field trial
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. | DOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009036
Devine GJ, Vazquez-Prokopec GM*, Bibiano-Marín W, Pavia-Ruz N, Che-Mendoza A, Medina-Barreiro A, Villegas J, Gonzalez-Olvera G, Dunbar MW, Ong O, Ritchie SA, Churcher TS, Kirstein OD, Manrique-Saide P.
2021
Insecticide-treated house screening protects against Zika-infected Aedes aegypti in Merida, Mexico
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases | DOI 0.1371/journal.pntd.0009005
Manrique-Saide P, Herrera-Bojórquez J, Medina-Barreiro A, Trujillo-Peña E, Villegas-Chim J, Valadez-González N, Ahmed AMM, Delfín-González H. Palacio-Vargas J, Che-Mendoza A, Pavía-Ruz N, Flores AE, Vazquez-Prokopec G. 2021.
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2020
The TIRS trial: protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial assessing the efficacy of preventive targeted indoor residual spraying to reduce Aedes-borne viral illnesses in Merida, Mexico.
Trials | DOI 10.1186/s13063-020-04780-7
Manrique-Saide, P., Dean, N. E., Halloran, M. E., Longini, I. M., Collins, M. H., Waller, L. A., Gomez-Dantes, H., Lenhart, A., Hladish, T. J., Che-Mendoza, A., Kirstein, O. D., Romer, Y., Correa-Morales, F., Palacio-Vargas, J., Mendez-Vales, R., Pérez, P. G., Pavia-Ruz, N., Ayora-Talavera, G., & Vazquez-Prokopec, G. M.
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2020
Wolbachia in Native Populations of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) From Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Journal of Insect Science | DOI 10.1093/jisesa/ieaa096
Puerta-Guardo, H., Contreras-Perera, Y., Perez-Carrillo, S., Che-Mendoza, A., Ayora-Talavera, G., Vazquez-Prokopec, G., Martin-Park, A., Zhang, D., Manrique-Saide, P., Palacio-Vargas, J., Pérez-Ojeda, J., Navarrete-Carballo, J., Marin, W. B., Barreiro, A. M., Palacio-Vargas, J., Pérez-Ojeda, J., Navarrete-Carballo, J., Marin, W. B., & Barreiro, A. M.
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2020
Detección de Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse) en ovitrampas de la ciudad de Mérida, México
Biomedica | DOI 10.7705/biomedica.5525
Gabriela González-Olvera, Magallly Morales-Rodríguez, Wilbert Bibiano-Marín, Jorge Palacio-Vargas, Yamili Contreras-Perera, Abdiel Martín-Park, Azael Che-Mendoza, Marco Torres-Castro, Fabián Correa-Morales, Herón Huerta-Jiménez, Pedro Mis-Ávila, Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec, Pablo Manrique-Saide
2020
Evaluating Over-the-Counter Household Insecticide Aerosols for Rapid Vector Control of Pyrethroid-Resistant Aedes aegypti
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | DOI 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0515
Sergio Dzib-Florez, Gustavo Ponce-García, Anuar Medina-Barreiro, Gabriela González-Olvera, Yamili Contreras-Perera, Felipe Del Castillo-Centeno, Ahmed M. M. Ahmed, Azael Che-Mendoza, Philip J. McCall, Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec, Pablo Manrique-Saide
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2020
Optimizing the deployment of ultra-low volume and targeted indoor residual spraying for dengue outbreak response
PLOS Computational Biology | DOI 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007743
Sean M. Cavany, Guido España, Alun L. Lloyd, Lance A. Waller, Uriel Kitron, Helvio Astete, William H. Elson, Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec, Thomas W. Scott, Amy C. Morrison, Robert C. Reiner Jr., T. Alex Perkins
2020
Bio-Efficacy of Commercially Available Residual Insecticides for the Control of Aedes aegypti in Mexico
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association | DOI 10.2987/19-6863.1
S. Dzib-Florez, G. Ponce-García, A. Che-Mendoza, A. Medina-Barreiro, L. Gray, G. González-Olvera, H. Delfin-Gonzalez, D. Chan-Espinoza, J. Vadillo-Sánchez, L. Del Castillo-Centeno, G. Vazquez-Prokopec, P. Manrique-Saide
2020
Efficacy of Long-lasting Insecticidal Nets With Declining Physical and Chemical Integrity on Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)
Journal of Medical Entomology | DOI 10.1093/jme/tjz176
Josué Herrera-Bojórquez, Emilio Trujillo-Peña, José Vadillo-Sánchez, Martin Riestra-Morales, Azael Che-Mendoza, Hugo Delfín-González, Norma Pavía-Ruz, Juan Arredondo-Jimenez, Erika Santamaría, Adriana E Flores-Suárez, Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec, Pablo Manrique-Saide
2020
Designing effective control of dengue with combined interventions
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | DOI 10.1073/pnas.1903496117
Thomas J. Hladish, Carl A. B. Pearson, Kok Ben Toh, Diana Patricia Rojas, Pablo Manrique-Saide, Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec, M. Elizabeth Halloran, Ira M. Longini Jr.
2019
Bioefficacy of Two Nonpyrethroid Insecticides for Targeted Indoor Residual Spraying Against Pyrethroid-Resistant Aedes aegypti
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association | DOI 10.2987/19-6866.1
Fabian Correa-Morales, Martin Riestra-Morales, Wilbert Bibiano-Marín, Felipe Dzul-Manzanilla, Luis Felipe Del Castillo-Centeno, Jorge A Palacio-Vargas, Azael Che-Mendoza, Gabriela Gonzalez-Olvera, Beatriz Lopez-Monroy, Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec, Pablo Manrique-Saide
2019
Estimating absolute indoor density of Aedes aegypti using removal sampling
Parasites & Vectors | DOI 10.1186/s13071-019-3503-y
Edgar Koyoc-Cardeña, Anuar Medina-Barreiro, Azael Cohuo-Rodríguez, Norma Pavía-Ruz, Audrey Lenhart, Guadalupe Ayora-Talavera, Mike Dunbar, Pablo Manrique-Saide, Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec
2019
Field Efficacy Trials of Aerial Ultra-Low-Volume Application of Insecticides Against Caged Aedes aegypti in Mexico
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association | DOI 10.2987/18-6796.1
Felipe Dzul-Manzanilla, Fabian Correa-Morales, Anuar Medina-Barreiro, Wilbert Bibiano-Marín, Jose Vadillo-Sanchez, Martin Riestra-Morales, Luis Felipe Del Castillo-Centeno, Evaristo Morales-Rios, Abdiel Martin-Park, Gabriela Gonzalez-Olvera, Armando E Elizondo-Quiroga, Audrey Lenhart, Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec, Azael Che-Mendoza, Pablo Manrique-Saide
2019
Estimating the impact of city-wide Aedes aegypti population control: An observational study in Iquitos, Peru
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases | DOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007255
Robert C. Reiner Jr., Steven T. Stoddard, Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec, Helvio Astete, T. Alex Perkins, Moises Sihuincha, Jeffrey D. Stancil, David L. Smith, Tadeuz J. Kochel, Eric S. Halsey, Uriel Kitron, Amy C. Morrison, Thomas W. Scott
2019
Efficacy of Long-lasting Insecticidal Nets with declining physical and chemical integrity on Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)
Journal of Medical Entomology | DOI 10.1093/jme/tjz176
Josué Herrera-Bojórquez, Emilio Trujillo-Peña, José Vadillo-Sánchez, Martin Riestra-Morales, Azael Che-Mendoza, Hugo Delfín-González, Norma Pavía-Ruz, Juan Arredondo-Jimenez, Erika Santamaría, Adriana E Flores-Suárez, Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec, Pablo Manrique-Saide
2019
Evaluation and Comparison of Spray Equipment for Indoor Residual Spraying
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association | DOI 10.2987/18-6810.1
Fabian Correa-Morales, Mike W. Dunbar, Felipe Dzul-Manzanilla, Anuar Medina-Barreiro, Evaristo Morales-Ríos, Wilbert Bibiano-Marín, Azael Che-Mendoza, Pablo Manrique-Saide, Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec
2019
Entomological Efficacy of Aerial Ultra-Low Volume Insecticide Applications Against Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) in Mexico
Journal of Medical Entomology | DOI 10.1093/jme/tjz066
Fabián Correa-Morales, Felipe Dzul-Manzanilla, Wilbert Bibiano-Marín, José Vadillo-Sánchez, Anuar Medina-Barreiro, Abdiel Martin-Park, Josué Villegas-Chim, Armando E Elizondo-Quiroga, Audrey Lenhart, Gonzalo M Vazquez-Prokopec, José Erales-Villamil, Azael Che-Mendoza, Pablo Manrique-Saide
2019
Efficacy of novel indoor residual spraying methods targeting pyrethroid-resistant Aedes aegypti within experimental houses
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases | DOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007203
Mike W. Dunbar, Fabian Correa-Morales, Felipe Dzul-Manzanilla, Anuar Medina-Barreiro, Wilbert Bibiano-Marín, Evaristo Morales-Ríos, José Vadillo-Sánchez, Beatriz López-Monroy, Scott A. Ritchie, Audrey Lenhart, Pablo Manrique-Saide, Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec
2019
Community-based surveillance and control of chagas disease vectors in remote rural areas of the Argentine Chaco: A five-year follow-up
Acta Tropica | DOI 10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.12.038
María C. Cecere, Lucía I. Rodríguez-Planes, Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec, Uriel Kitron, Ricardo E. Gürtler
2019
Larviciding Culex spp. (Diptera: Culicidae) Populations in Catch Basins and Its Impact on West Nile Virus Transmission in Urban Parks in Atlanta, GA
Journal of Medical Entomology | DOI 10.1093/jme/tjy174
Joseph R. McMillan, Rebekah A. Blakney, Daniel G. Mead, Sarah M. Coker, Levi T. Morran, Lance A. Waller, Uriel Kitron, Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec
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2018
Forecasting the effectiveness of indoor residual spraying for reducing dengue burden
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases | DOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006570
Thomas J Hladish, Carl AB Pearson, Diana Patricia Rojas, Hector Gomez-Dantes, M Elizabeth Halloran, Gonzalo M Vazquez-Prokopec, Ira M Longini
2018
House screening with insecticide-treated netting provides sustained reductions in domestic populations of Aedes aegypti in Merida, Mexico
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases | DOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006283
Azael Che-Mendoza, Anuar Medina-Barreiro, Edgar Koyoc-Cardeña, Valentín Uc-Puc, Yamili Contreras-Perera, Josué Herrera-Bojórquez, Felipe Dzul-Manzanilla, Fabian Correa-Morales, Hilary Ranson, Audrey Lenhart, Philip J. McCall, Axel Kroeger, Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec, Pablo Manrique-Saide
2018
Experimental evaluation of the impact of household aerosolized insecticides on pyrethroid resistant Aedes aegypti
Scientific Reports | DOI 10.1038/s41598-018-30968-8
Lyndsey Gray, Sergio Dzib Florez, Anuar Medina Barreiro, José Vadillo-Sánchez, Gabriela González-Olvera, Audrey Lenhart, Pablo Manrique-Saide, Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec
2017
Combining Contact Tracing with Targeted Indoor Residual Spraying Significantly Impacts Dengue Transmission
Science Advances | DOI 10.1126/sciadv.1602024
Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec, Brian L. Montgomery, Peter Horne, Julie A. Clennon, Scott A. Ritchie
2017
Changing paradigms in Aedes control: considering the spatial heterogeneity of dengue
Pan American Journal of Public Health | DOI 10.26633/RPSP.2017.16
Veerle Vanlerberghe, Hector Gómez-Dantés, Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec, Neal Alexander, Pablo Manrique-Saide, Giovanini Coelho, Maria Eugenia Toledo, Clara B. Ocampo, Patrick Van der Stuyft
2017
Housing Improvement: a novel paradigm for urban vector-borne disease control?
The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | DOI 10.1093/trstmh/trw070
Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec, Audrey Lenhart, Pablo Manrique-Saide
2016
Spatial variation of insecticide resistance in the dengue vector Aedes aegypti presents unique vector control challenges
Parasites & Vectors | DOI 10.1186/s13071-016-1346-3
Regan Deming, Pablo Manrique-Saide, Anuar Medina Barreiro, Edgar Ulises Koyoc Cardeña, Azael Che-Mendoza, Bryant Jones, Kelly Liebman, Lucrecia Vizcaino, Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec, Audrey Lenhart
2016
Quantifying the Epidemiological Impact of Vector Control on Dengue
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases | DOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004588
Robert C. Reiner Jr., Nicole Achee, Roberto Barrera, Thomas R. Burkot, Dave D. Chadee, Gregor J. Devine, Timothy Endy, Duane Gubler, Joachim Hombach, Immo Kleinschmidt, Audrey Lenhart, Steven W. Lindsay, Ira Longini, Mathias Mondy, Amy C. Morrison, T. Alex Perkins, Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec, Paul Reiter, Scott A. Ritchie, David L. Smith, Daniel Strickman, Thomas W. Scott
2015
Selective Insecticide Applications Directed Against Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) Affected a Non-Target Secondary Vector of Chagas Disease, Triatoma garciabesi
Journal of Medican Entomology | DOI 10.1093/jme/tjv167
L. I. Rodríguez-Planes, G. M. Vazquez-Prokopec, M. C. Cecere, D. M. Canale, R. E. Gürtler
2015
Control of Aedes aegypti breeding sites with the program Recycle for your Wellbeing in Merida Mexico
Salud Pública de México | ISSN 0036-3634
Mario A Barrera-Pérez, Norma Pavía-Ruz, Jorge Eduardo Mendoza-Mézquita, Nerio Torres-Arcila, Ramón Hernández-Hernández, Francisco Castro-Gamboa, Eduardo Geded-Moreno, Azael Cohuo-Rodríguez, Anuar Medina-Barreiro, Edgar Koyoc-Cardeña, Héctor Gómez-Dantés, Axel Kroeger, Gonzalo Vázquez-Prokopec, Pablo Manrique-Saide
2015
Long-lasting insecticide treated house screens and targeted treatment of productive breeding-sites for dengue vector control in Acapulco, Mexico
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | DOI 10.1093/trstmh/tru189
Azael Che-Mendoza, Guillermo Guillermo-May, Josué Herrera-Bojórquez, Mario Barrera-Pérez, Felipe Dzul-Manzanilla, Cipriano Gutierrez-Castro, Juan I. Arredondo-Jiménez, Gustavo Sánchez-Tejeda, Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec, Hilary Ranson, Audrey Lenhart, Johannes Sommerfeld, Philip J. McCall, Axel Kroeger, Pablo Manrique-Saide
2015
Use of Insecticide-Treated House Screens to Reduce Infestations of Dengue Virus Vectors, Mexico
Emerging Infectious Diseases | DOI 10.3201/eid2102.140533
Pablo Manrique-Saide, Azael Che-Mendoza, Mario Barrera-Perez, Guillermo Guillermo-May, Josue Herrera-Bojorquez, Felipe Dzul-Manzanilla, Cipriano Gutierrez-Castro, Audrey Lenhart, Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec, Johannes Sommerfeld, Philip J. McCall, Axel Kroeger, Juan I. Arredondo-Jimenez
2013
Improved chemical control of Chagas disease vectors in the dry Gran Chaco region
Journal of Medical Entomology | DOI 10.1603/ME12109
María Carla Cecere, Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec, Leonardo A. Ceballos, Silvana Boragno, Joaquín E. Zárate, Uriel Kitron, Ricardo E. Gürtler
2011
Hidden sylvatic foci of the main vector of Chagas disease Triatoma infestans: threats to the vector elimination campaign?
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases | DOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001365
Leonardo A. Ceballos, Romina V. Piccinali, Paula L. Marcet, Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec, M. Victoria Cardinal, Judith Schachter-Broide, Jean-Pierre Dujardin, Ellen M. Dotson, Uriel Kitron, Ricardo E. Gürtler
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2010
Unforeseen costs of cutting mosquito surveillance budgets
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases | DOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000858
GM Vazquez-Prokopec, LF Chaves, SA Ritchie, J Davis, U Kitron
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2010
A New, Cost-Effective, Battery-Powered Aspirator for Adult Mosquito Collections
Journal of Medical Entomology | DOI 10.1603/033.046.0602
Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec, William A. Galvin, Rosmarie Kelly, Uriel Kitron
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2009
Cost-effectiveness of Chagas Disease Vector Control Strategies in Northwestern Argentina
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases | DOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000363
Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec, Cynthia Spillmann, Mario Zaidenberg, Uriel Kitron, Ricardo E. Gürtler
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2006
A prospective study of the effects of sustained vector surveillance on Trypanosoma cruzi infection of dogs and cats in rural northwestern Argentina
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | PMID 17038707
Marta V. Cardinal, Mónica B. Castañera, Marta A. Lauricella, María C. Cecere, Leonardo A. Ceballos, Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec, Uriel Kitron, Ricardo E. Gürtler
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2006
Comparative trial of the effectiveness of pyrethroid insecticides against peridomestic populations of Triatoma infestans in northwestern Argentina
Journal of Medical Entomology | DOI 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)43[902:ctoeop]2.0.co;2
Maria Cecere, Gonzalo Martín Vazquez-Prokopec, Leonardo Adrian Ceballos, Juan M Gurevitz, Joaquín E. Zárate, Mario Zaidenberg, Uriel Kitron, Ricardo E. Gürtler
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2006
Long-term reduction of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in sylvatic mammals following deforestation and sustained surveillance in northwestern Argentina
Acta Tropica | DOI 10.1016/j.actatropica.2006.06.003
Leonardo Adrian Ceballos, M. Victoria Cardinal, Gonzalo Martín Vazquez-Prokopec, Marta A. Lauricella, M.M. Orozco, R. Cortinas, A.G. Schijman, M.J. Levin, Uriel Kitron, Ricardo E. Gürtler
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2006
Reinfestation sources for Chagas disease vector, Triatoma infestans, Argentina
Emerging Infectious Diseases | DOI 10.3201/eid1207.051445
María C. Cecere, Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec, Ricardo E. Gürtler, Uriel Kitron
2006
Spatiotemporal patterns of reinfestation by Triatoma guasayana (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in a rural community of northwestern Argentina
Journal of Medical Entomology | DOI 10.1093/jmedent/42.4.571
Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec, María C. Cecere, Delmi M. Canale, Ricardo E. Gürtler, Uriel Kitron
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2006
Spatio-temporal analysis of reinfestation by Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: reduviidae) following insecticide spraying in a rural community in northwestern Argentina
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | DOI PMC1351234
María C. Cecere, Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec, Ricardo E. Gürtler, Uriel Kitron
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2002
Field trials of an improved cost-effective device for detecting peridomestic populations of Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in Rural Argentina
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz | DOI 10.1590/s0074-02762002000700008
Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec, Leonardo A. Ceballos, O.D. Salomón, Ricardo E. Gürtler
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2001
Comparison between two artificial shelter units and timed manual collections for detecting peridomestic Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in rural northwestern Argentina
Journal of Medical Entomology | DOI 10.1603/0022-2585-38.3.429
Ricardo E. Gürtler, Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec, Leonardo A. Ceballos, C. Lund Peterson, O.D. Salomón
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