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Aedes Mosquito Larvae Surveillance and Konwledege, Attitude and
Practices Amomg Residents in Batu 6, Kuala Nerus, Kuala
Terengganu.
Norasfarina binti Mohd Zulkifli
Supervisor: Dr Nur Aida Bt Hashim
Bachelor of Applied Science
(Biodiversity Conservation and Management)
School of Marine Environmental and Sciences
Dengue fever is water back-bone disease that cause by mosquito. There are
two type of mosquito habitat which are open and close habitat. From year to
year, many cases regarding dengue has been raised. This happen due to
developing country. The aim of this survey to embark these objective which are
to determine the most common place for Aedes mosquito to breed and to
access the level of knowledge, attitude and practices among residents in study
area. This study were conducted at Batu 6, Kuala Nerus, Kuala Terengganu.
100 houses were selected and 1 house represent 1 respondent. Sampling was
carried out by dipping using pipette. The breeding sources of mosquito larvae
were grouped into different container types. The mosquito larvae has been
raise up for species identification. Along the sampling, the respondents had
been interviewed. The respondents were asked based on questioner that were
provided. A total of 42 containers were identified as potential breeding site. But
only 15 containers were found containing mosquito larvae. Aedes sp. mostly
found in small and plastic container. For KAP survey, there is no correlation
between knowledge, attitude and practices. This study indicated that Aedes sp.
was capable of breeding in a wide range of container types. To control these,
the elimination of containers of an iteration breeding sites should be taken into
consideration. This study findings provide the baseline that can be used for
future campaign. However, for future study, it recommend that to undertake a
holistic approach which is in need of community participation and cooperation.
It also suggest that the number of respondent should increase to cover the
actual size of population.
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