Dengue warning signs
Six signs; any one means seek care now, and skip ibuprofen and aspirin until dengue is ruled out.
GRADE C · WHO 2025-05FIELD STATION LOGBOOK · EST. 2026
You have seven days before the water in your yard starts biting.
Egg to adult in warm standing water, within a hundred meters of the bite. Empty it inside the window and there is nothing to spray. Run the dip log
DEVELOPMENT AT 25-28°C WATER · AEDES AEGYPTIEMPTY, SCRUB, TIP ON ANY DAY IN THE WINDOW BREAKS THE CYCLE
FIELD EVIDENCE 001 · OVITRAP, WEEK 34
The ten-minute dip log
ONE ROW PER CONTAINERWalk your ground with a flashlight. Anything holding water eight days is a nursery. Log it, act on it, re-check after rain.
| SITE | FOUND | LARVAE | ACTION |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saucer under plant pot | 2026-09-02 | YES | SCRUB WEEKLY |
| Bucket by the shed | 2026-09-02 | no | TIP & STORE DRY |
| Roof gutter, west run | 2026-09-02 | YES | FLUSH |
| Bird bath | 2026-09-02 | no | REFRESH EVERY 5 DAYS |
| Folded tarp, side yard | - | ? | SHAKE OUT |
Method mirrors CDC container-surveillance protocol. Development data: WHO dengue guidelines (2009) ch. 2. Full citations on the method page
Mosquito-borne diseases, one page each
Symptoms, incubation, care thresholds and travel notes, every claim graded and dated. All diseases
DISEASES
REPELLENTS
Repellent actives compared
DEET, picaridin, IR3535 and oil of lemon eucalyptus by concentration, hours and age floor.
GRADE C · EPA/CDCYARD
Twelve breeding sites
From pot saucers to gutters, one table walk-through with the action for each.
GRADE B · FIELD TRIALSTRAPS
Do traps actually work?
Lethal ovitraps cut adult counts in trials; no consumer device has yet shown fewer human infections.
GRADE B · VCAG REVIEWMETHOD
How we grade evidence
A systematic review, B field trial, C institutional position, D cage-only evidence.
THIS SITE'S CONSTITUTIONHISTORY
The domain's first life
2009-2013 hosted lethal-ovitrap trial pages, cited by WHO regional offices.
ARCHIVE RECORDLOGBOOK
Dengue EW32: the curve bends, the emergency holds
PAHO week-32 readout: 1.57M cases, down 58% on last year, and what that changes for a household.
GRADE A · PAHO SITREP 2026-09-04THE QUESTION PEOPLE ACTUALLY TYPE
Why is my yard so full of mosquitoes? Almost always one overlooked container. Aedes stay near where they hatch: walk your own ground first, not the neighbor's pond.
CDC Aedes biology profile, checked 2026-09
100 mTYPICAL ADULT FLIGHT RANGE FROM BREEDING SITE
7-10DAYS, EGG TO BITING ADULT IN SUMMER WATER
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