Profile distribution of juvenile Aedes species in an urban area of Malaysia

Che Dom N 1 , Faiz Madzlan M 2 , Nadira Yusoff SN 2 , Hassan Ahmad A 3 , Ismail R 2 , Nazrina Camalxaman S 4

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Environmental Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, UiTM Kampus Puncak Alam, 42300 Selangor, Malaysia nazricd@salam.uitm.edu.my
  • 2 Department of Environmental Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, UiTM Kampus Puncak Alam, 42300 Selangor, Malaysia
  • 3 School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Penang, Malaysia
  • 4 Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, UiTM Kampus Puncak Alam, 42300 Selangor, Malaysia
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg, 2016 Apr;110(4):237-45.
PMID: 27076510 DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trw015

Abstract

Dengue fever (DF) is an urban vector-borne disease transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. Both species deposit their eggs in favorable breeding sites either in natural or artificial containers. An understanding of their habitat characteristics is crucial in curbing DF outbreaks

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