health problem throughout the tropical and subtropical countries,
with an estimated nearly 100 million clinical cases per year and
2.5–4 billion people at risk of infection (Bhatt et al., 2013). Globally,
dengue virus transmission has expanded in recent years, and
all dengue virus serotypes are now circulating in Asia, Africa, and
the Americas (Gubler, 2004; Chaves et al., 2014). Given no effective
vaccine for dengue currently available, the effective protective
measures are those that suppress vector populations and prevent
exposure to Aedes mosquito bitin