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We evaluated the efficacy of releasing wAlbB-infected Ae. aegypti male mosquitoes to suppress dengue.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We specified the protocol of a two-arm cluster-randomized test-negative controlled trial (cRCT) and emulated it using a nationally representative test-negative\/positive database of individuals reporting for febrile illness to any public hospital, general practitioner or polyclinic. We retrospectively built a cohort of individuals who reside in Wolbachia locations vs a comparator control group who do not reside in Wolbachia locations, using a nationally representative database of all individuals whom report for febrile illness and were tested for dengue at the Environmental Health Institute\/hospital laboratories\/commercial diagnostic laboratories, through general practitioner clinic, polyclinic or public\/private hospital from epidemiological week (EW) 1 2019 to EW26 2022. We emulated a constrained randomization protocol used in cRCTs to balance dengue risk between intervention and control arms in the pre-intervention period. We used the inverse probability weighting approach to further balance the intervention and control groups using a battery of algorithmically selected sociodemographic, environmental and anthropogenic variables. Intention-to-treat analyses were conducted to estimate the risk reduction of dengue given Wolbachia exposure.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Intention-to-treat analyses revealed that, compared with controls, Wolbachia releases for 3, 6 and \u226512 months was associated to 47% (95% confidence interval: 25\u201369%), 44% (33\u201377%) and 61% (38\u201378%) protective efficacy against dengue, respectively. When exposed to \u226512 months of Wolbachia releases, protective efficacies ranged from 49% (13\u201372%) to 77% (60\u201394%) across years. The proportion of virologically confirmed dengue cases was lower overall in the intervention arm. Protective efficacies were found across all years, age and sex subgroups, with higher durations of Wolbachia exposure associated to greater risk reductions of dengue.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Results demonstrated that Wolbachia-mediated sterility can strengthen dengue control in tropical cities, where dengue burden is the greatest.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/jtm\/taae103","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,6]],"date-time":"2024-08-06T06:22:49Z","timestamp":1722925369000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":26,"title":["Assessing <i>Wolbachia<\/i>-mediated sterility for dengue control: emulation of a cluster-randomized target trial in Singapore"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"31","author":[{"given":"Jue Tao","family":"Lim","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, 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