Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Dengue is currently one of the important arboviral diseases, with 2.5 billion people living in areas of risk and millions of cases occurring each year. Identifying the key containers is an important key to prevent dengue epidemics. This study aims to determine the type of containers in the dengue outbreak localities in Kepong district, Kuala Lumpur. METHODS: Larvae survey was done between January 2016 to December 2017 in 38 different outbreak localities. Sampling was carried out using pipette or dipper depending on container types in both indoors and outdoors. All larvae samples were collected and identified, and the type of breeding containers were recorded. RESULTS: A total of 227 containers were recorded as positive for dengue vector; outdoors (63%) were higher than indoors (37%). The result indicated five main breeding containers in this study were plastic containers (18.5%), water drums (15.9%), drains (15.0%), flower pots (12.3%) and pails (8.81%). DISCUSSION: This study provides information on key breeding containers of Aedes spp. This information served as a guidance for health service provider to educate residents in eliminating of artificial and natural containers of breeding sites indoors and outdoors.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-305,
title = {Urban Dengue Outbreaks: A Study on Key Breeding Containers of Dengue Vectors},
author = {Faizul Akmal Abdul Rahim and Mohd Hatta Abdul Mutalip and Mohd Hazrin Hasim and Mohd Amierul Fikri Mahmud and Hanipah Shahar},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: Dengue is currently one of the important arboviral diseases, with 2.5 billion people living in areas of risk and millions of cases occurring each year. Identifying the key containers is an important key to prevent dengue epidemics. This study aims to determine the type of containers in the dengue outbreak localities in Kepong district, Kuala Lumpur. METHODS: Larvae survey was done between January 2016 to December 2017 in 38 different outbreak localities. Sampling was carried out using pipette or dipper depending on container types in both indoors and outdoors. All larvae samples were collected and identified, and the type of breeding containers were recorded. RESULTS: A total of 227 containers were recorded as positive for dengue vector; outdoors (63%) were higher than indoors (37%). The result indicated five main breeding containers in this study were plastic containers (18.5%), water drums (15.9%), drains (15.0%), flower pots (12.3%) and pails (8.81%). DISCUSSION: This study provides information on key breeding containers of Aedes spp. This information served as a guidance for health service provider to educate residents in eliminating of artificial and natural containers of breeding sites indoors and outdoors.},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Centre for Communicable Disease Research, Institute for Public Health, Entomology and Pest Unit, Health Department of Federal Territory Kuala Lumpur \& Putrajaya},
keywords = {aedes, Dengue, key breeding container, larvae survey},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}