Wan-Norafikah, Othman and Chen, Chee Dhang and Mohd-Amir, Mohd Hanafie and Azahari, Abdul Hadi and Zainal-Abidin, Abu Hasan and Nazni, Wasi Ahmad and Mariam, Mohamad and Mohd-Shahizan, Jamil and Sofian-Azirun, Mohd (2019) Surveillance of aedes vectors in selected agricultural, fogging-free and dengue-prone areas in Peninsular Malaysia. The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 50 (3). pp. 469-485. ISSN 0125-1562,
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Distributions of Aedes vectors in fifteen study sites comprising of ag-ricultural, fogging-free and dengue-prone areas in Peninsular Malaysia were investigated using ovitraps during January and May 2016 placed indiscriminately inside and outside human premises in all study sites. Cheras, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, a dengue-prone area showed the highest ovitrap index (OI) (96.00%) while the lowest OI (64.00%) was found in both Padang Serai, Kedah and Temerloh, Pahang, fogging-free residential areas. Aedes albopictus was the most dominant species in all study sites while Ae. aegypti was captured in only five study sites. Mean number of larvae per recovered ovitrap among various species is significantly different for all types of areas except for oil palm planta-tions. The existence of Ae. aegypti in a few and Ae. albopictus in all study sites suggest their roles in the current and forthcoming transmission of dengue virus in these study sites. © 2019, SEAMEO TROPMED Network. All rights reserved.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) Malaysia and Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM): Research Acculturation Grant Scheme (RAGS/2013/UITM/ SKK05/1) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Aedes spp; agricultural area; dengue-prone area; fogging-free area; Malaysia ovitrap surveillance |
| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QH Natural history Q Science > QR Microbiology |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Institute of Biological Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Dec 2019 05:39 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Dec 2019 05:39 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/23179 |
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