Effects of mosquito-proofing storm drains on adult and larvae mosquito abundance: Protocol of the IDAlErt storm drAin randomiSed controlled trial (IDEAS)
Aedes and Culex mosquitoes, known for spreading arboviruses like dengue and West Nile, thrive in cities, posing health risks to urban populations. Climate change can create suitable climatic conditions for these vectors to spread further in Europe. Cities contain numerous landscape and infrastructur...
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| author | Marina Treskova Tomás Montalvo Joacim Rocklöv Charles Hatfield Frederic Bartumeus Shouro Dasgupta João Encarnação Rachel Lowe Jan C. Semenza Pascale Stiles Jordi Noya Andrea Valsecchi Till Bärnighausen John R.B. Palmer Aditi Bunker |
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| description | Aedes and Culex mosquitoes, known for spreading arboviruses like dengue and West Nile, thrive in cities, posing health risks to urban populations. Climate change can create suitable climatic conditions for these vectors to spread further in Europe. Cities contain numerous landscape and infrastructure elements, such as storm drains, that allow stagnant water build-up facilitating mosquito breeding. Modifying urban infrastructure to prevent water accumulation can reduce mosquito populations, but evidence is limited. The Public Health Agency of Barcelona, Spain, introduced a structural modification of storm drains to prevent water accumulation. Together with the Agency, we designed a randomised controlled trial (RCT) to experimentally assess the effectiveness of these modifications on adult Aedes albopictus and Culex pipiens populations. It is a parallel-arm RCT with equal randomization of 44 drains to receive mosquito-proofing modifications (intervention) or not (control). Primary outcomes are adult mosquito counts and secondary outcomes are larvae and mosquito presence, assessed weekly at each drain until no mosquitoes are detected. Data analyses include generalised linear mixed models to estimate the time-averaged and highest intervention effects, subgroup and sensitivity analyses. The trial results will guide a city-wide expansion of the storm drain modifications and provide valuable evidence to enhance existing vector control measures. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fa04d40a6d5045349a77884003b03b0e2025-01-04T04:56:26ZengElsevierMethodsX2215-01612025-06-0114103102Effects of mosquito-proofing storm drains on adult and larvae mosquito abundance: Protocol of the IDAlErt storm drAin randomiSed controlled trial (IDEAS)Marina Treskova0Tomás Montalvo1Joacim Rocklöv2Charles Hatfield3Frederic Bartumeus4Shouro Dasgupta5João Encarnação6Rachel Lowe7Jan C. Semenza8Pascale Stiles9Jordi Noya10Andrea Valsecchi11Till Bärnighausen12John R.B. Palmer13Aditi Bunker14Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH), Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany; Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Section of Sustainable Health, Umea University, Umeå, SwedenAgència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Calle Monforte de Lemos 5, 28029 Madrid, Spain; Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau (IIB SANT PAU), Sant Quintí 77-79, 08041 Barcelona, SpainHeidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH), Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany; Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Section of Sustainable Health, Umea University, Umeå, SwedenHeidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH), Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany; Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology gGmbH (HeiGIT), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, GermanyTheoretical and Computational Ecology Group, Centre d'Estudis Avançats de Blanes (CEAB-CSIC), Girona, Spain; Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain; CREAF Cerdanyola del Vallès, SpainCentro Euro-Mediterraneosui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC), Venice, Italy; Graham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London, United KingdomIrideon, Barcelona, SpainInstitució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain; Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Barcelona, Spain; Centre on Climate Change & Planetary Health and Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, United KingdomHeidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH), Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany; Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Section of Sustainable Health, Umea University, Umeå, SwedenHeidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH), Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, GermanyInstitut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau (IIB SANT PAU), Sant Quintí 77-79, 08041 Barcelona, SpainAgència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Barcelona, SpainHeidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH), Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, GermanyDepartment of Political and Social Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, SpainHeidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH), Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany; Corresponding author.Aedes and Culex mosquitoes, known for spreading arboviruses like dengue and West Nile, thrive in cities, posing health risks to urban populations. Climate change can create suitable climatic conditions for these vectors to spread further in Europe. Cities contain numerous landscape and infrastructure elements, such as storm drains, that allow stagnant water build-up facilitating mosquito breeding. Modifying urban infrastructure to prevent water accumulation can reduce mosquito populations, but evidence is limited. The Public Health Agency of Barcelona, Spain, introduced a structural modification of storm drains to prevent water accumulation. Together with the Agency, we designed a randomised controlled trial (RCT) to experimentally assess the effectiveness of these modifications on adult Aedes albopictus and Culex pipiens populations. It is a parallel-arm RCT with equal randomization of 44 drains to receive mosquito-proofing modifications (intervention) or not (control). Primary outcomes are adult mosquito counts and secondary outcomes are larvae and mosquito presence, assessed weekly at each drain until no mosquitoes are detected. Data analyses include generalised linear mixed models to estimate the time-averaged and highest intervention effects, subgroup and sensitivity analyses. The trial results will guide a city-wide expansion of the storm drain modifications and provide valuable evidence to enhance existing vector control measures.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215016124005533AdaptationAedesClimate changeCulexMosquito interventionUrban infrastructure |
| spellingShingle | Marina Treskova Tomás Montalvo Joacim Rocklöv Charles Hatfield Frederic Bartumeus Shouro Dasgupta João Encarnação Rachel Lowe Jan C. Semenza Pascale Stiles Jordi Noya Andrea Valsecchi Till Bärnighausen John R.B. Palmer Aditi Bunker Effects of mosquito-proofing storm drains on adult and larvae mosquito abundance: Protocol of the IDAlErt storm drAin randomiSed controlled trial (IDEAS) MethodsX Adaptation Aedes Climate change Culex Mosquito intervention Urban infrastructure |
| title | Effects of mosquito-proofing storm drains on adult and larvae mosquito abundance: Protocol of the IDAlErt storm drAin randomiSed controlled trial (IDEAS) |
| title_full | Effects of mosquito-proofing storm drains on adult and larvae mosquito abundance: Protocol of the IDAlErt storm drAin randomiSed controlled trial (IDEAS) |
| title_fullStr | Effects of mosquito-proofing storm drains on adult and larvae mosquito abundance: Protocol of the IDAlErt storm drAin randomiSed controlled trial (IDEAS) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of mosquito-proofing storm drains on adult and larvae mosquito abundance: Protocol of the IDAlErt storm drAin randomiSed controlled trial (IDEAS) |
| title_short | Effects of mosquito-proofing storm drains on adult and larvae mosquito abundance: Protocol of the IDAlErt storm drAin randomiSed controlled trial (IDEAS) |
| title_sort | effects of mosquito proofing storm drains on adult and larvae mosquito abundance protocol of the idalert storm drain randomised controlled trial ideas |
| topic | Adaptation Aedes Climate change Culex Mosquito intervention Urban infrastructure |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215016124005533 |
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