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Title: Ovi-trap based surveillance for Aedes in dengue endemic Gampaha District, Sri Lanka during rainy season
Authors: Hapangama, H.A.D.C.
Wijegunawardana, N.D.A.D.
Gunawardene, Y.I.N.S.
Benjamin, S.
Abeyewickreme, W.
Keywords: Dengue
Dengue-epidemiology
Insect Vectors
Aedes
Issue Date: 2008
Publisher: Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University
Citation: Tropical Medicine in the-Omics Era, Proceedings of the Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting 2008; 84
Abstract: Dengue is endemic in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka. Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus have been incriminated as vectors in urban and suburban environments. An ovitrap-based weekly surveillance was carried out to determine the distribution and abundance of Dengue vectors, in six dengue endemic areas; Galudupita, Gongitota, Wanawasala, Kerangapokuna, Mabole and Welikadamulla in the Gampaha District during May and June 2008 in both indoors and outdoors. Galudupita and Gongitota gave the highest ovitrap indices, both indoors and outdoors as 97% and 73% respectively. Of the total positive ovitraps(1320), positivity for Ae. albopictus, Ae. aegypti and both were 63.5%, 32.9% and 3.6% respectively. Highest mean number of Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus larvae per ovitrap in both indoor and outdoor ovitraps were observed Galudupita and Gongitota respectively. However, statistical analysis showed that ovitrap index of Ae. aegypti in six study was not significantly different from each other (P > 0.05). Outdoor mean number of Ae. aegypti larvae per ovitrap in Galudupita, was significantly higher than other sites (F=3.587, P=0.012). Indoor Ae. albopictus ovitrap index of Gongitota was significantly higher than of Welikadamula (F=2.59, P=0.046) while outdoor Ae. albopictus ovitrap index of Gongitota and Wanawasala was significantly higher than of Welikadamula F=3.19 P=.0.02). Results irnplicate that Ae. albopictus prefers more vegetation as observed in Gongitota and Wanawasala. In highly populated and urbanized Galudupita, area with less vegetation, Ae. albopictus population was less than Ae. aegypti even outdoors. Study implicates that Ae. albopictus is the predominant indoor and outdoor breeder during rainy season.
Description: Oral Presentation of Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting(JITMM 2008), 13-14 October 2008 Bangkok, Thailand
URI: http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/9226
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