Indirect effects of cigarette butt waste on the dengue vector Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)

• Main Authors: Hamady Dieng, Sudha Rajasaygar, Abu Hassan Ahmad, Che Salmah Che, Hamdan Ahmad, Tomomitsu Satho, Fumio Miake, Wan Fatma Zuharah, Yuki Fukumitsu, Ahmad Ramli Saad, Suhaila Abdul Hamid, Ronald Enrique Morales Vargas, Abdul Hafiz Ab Majid, Nik Fadzly, Nur Faeza Abu Kassim, Nur Aida Hashim, Idris Abd Ghani, Fatimah Bt Abang, Sazaly AbuBakar
• Other Authors: Universiti Sains Malaysia
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/33996
• Institution: Mahidol University

Despite major insecticide-based vector control programs, dengue continues to be a major threat to public health in urban areas. The reasons for this failure include the emergence of insecticide resistance and the narrowing of the spectrum of efficient products. Cigarette butts (CBs), the most common...