Efficacy of space spraying in response to the dengue cases in Sandakan Sabah / Edna Sipin
Sandakan is one of the districts that contribute to a high incidence of dengue cases in Sabah. Sabah is as an area where sylvatic and urban circulation of pathogen are known to intersect. The retrospective study conducted from 2011 until 2020 to find out the relationship between incidence of dengue...
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| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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2023
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| Online Access: | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/88734/1/88734.pdf |
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| Summary: | Sandakan is one of the districts that contribute to a high incidence of dengue cases in Sabah. Sabah is as an area where sylvatic and urban circulation of pathogen are known to intersect. The retrospective study conducted from 2011 until 2020 to find out the relationship between incidence of dengue cases and frequency of fogging. The finding from this study, found that there was no significant impact between frequency of fogging and the dengue cases (p value 0.0000). For 10 years of data 75.76% of frequency of fogging can be explained by dengue cases. Experimental study was conducted in locality A (Taman Sejati Ujana), B (Taman Sejati Ujana B) and C (Taman Airport) to further investigate the efficacy of fogging. Locality C act as a control area and no preventive of fogging was conducted. Two types of insecticide as used wich is oil and water based. The percentage reduction in POI between pre- and post-treatment surveillance was recorded. |
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