Reducing costs and operational constraints of dengue vector control by targeting productive breeding places: a multi‐country non‐inferiority cluster randomized trial

Objectives  To test the non‐inferiority hypothesis that a vector control approach targeting only the most productive water container types gives the same or greater reduction of the vector population as a non‐targeted approach in different ecological settings and to analyse whether the targeted intervention is less costly.

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