Mixed Breeding of Aedes aegypti (L.) and Aedes albopictus Skuse in Four Dengue Endemic Areas in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, Malaysia

Chen, C.D. and Nazni, W.A. and Lee, H.L. and Seleena, B. and Mohd Masri, S. and Chiang, Y.F. and Sofian-Azirun, Mohd (2006) Mixed Breeding of Aedes aegypti (L.) and Aedes albopictus Skuse in Four Dengue Endemic Areas in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, Malaysia. Tropical Biomedicine, 23 (2). pp. 224-227. ISSN 0127-5720,

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Abstract

Ovitrap surveillance was conducted in four dengue endemic areas in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, Malaysia to determine the distribution and percentage of mixed breeding of both Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. The percentage of mixed breeding in all study sites both indoors and outdoors accounted for 10 to 32 from the total ovitraps collected. Ae. aegypti was found at a higher frequency than Ae. albopictus in these ovitraps. This study again indicates that ovitrap is a sensitive tool to attract gravid females of more than one mosquito species to oviposit in the container.

Item Type: Article
Funders: UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords: Aedes animal article breeding demography dengue disease carrier disease transmission endemic disease female Malaysia physiology reproduction Animals Endemic Diseases Insect Vectors
Subjects: Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Institute of Biological Sciences
Depositing User: miss munirah saadom
Date Deposited: 14 Jan 2013 02:46
Last Modified: 04 Dec 2019 08:57
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/5810

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