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S6 | Urban environment, infectious disease transmission and control programmes: the example of dengue in Asian citiesWednesday, October 26th, 2016 1:00pm-4:00pmSession OutlineIntroduction on dengue transmission and urban environmentThe case of DelhiThe case of BangkokRethinking dengue prevention and control programmes in urban settingsConclusion Learning ObjectivesAssess and discuss vector-borne disease transmission in complex urban environmentsDemonstrate the importance of spatial scales in analyzing the interplay between environmental changes and infectious disease transmissionAssess and discuss the role of local-scale human interventions in the transmission of dengue ReferencesReiner RC Jr, Achee N, Barrera R, Burkot TR, Chadee DD, Devine GJ, et al. (2016) Quantifying the Epidemiological Impact of Vector Control on Dengue. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 10(5): e0004588. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004588Salje H. et al. (2012) Revealing the microscale spatial signature of dengue transmission and immunity in an urban population. Proc Natl Acad Sci; 109(24):9535-8. doi:10.1073/pnas.1120621109Telle O, Vaguet A, Yadav NK, Lefebvre B, Cebeillac A, Nagpal BN, et al. (2016) The Spread of Dengue in an Endemic Urban Milieu–The Case of Delhi, India. PLoS ONE 11(1):e0146539. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0146539