Progress in research of dengue fever vector control

Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne viral infectious disease with the fastest spreading around the world. At present, dengue fever control mainly depends on vector control and the interruption of transmission routes. Larvae control and adult mosquito control are the two key points of vector control. Larvae control is based on container manipulation, container treatment, community campaigns and environmental management. Adult mosquito control is based on space spraying, indoor residual spraying and physical methods. Moreover, new techniques of mosquito control are under development, in which Wolbachia infection, genetic modification and behavior modification of Aedes are important findings for dengue fever control in recent years. Management and response of insecticide resistance is an intractable problem in dengue fever vector control, which should be seriously addressed.