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Dengue is a mosquito-borne disease that causes high mortality and fatality rate among humans. The disease and the virus are spread through female Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus. 176 Modified Sticky Ovitraps (MSO) were installed in six blocks of high-rise apartment buildings in Petaling Jaya, Selangor. The specimens were collected throughout a duration of 26 weeks. NS1 dengue antigen kit was used to detect dengue antigen in mosquitoes, and positive mosquitoes were serotyped using Reverse Transcriptase-PCR, followed by Multiplex-PCR. The relationship between the number of Aedes mosquitoes and meteorological parameters was also determined. The association between the number of Aedes spp. captured, dengue cases, and positive specimens was also evaluated in this study. A total of 243 adult mosquitoes were successfully captured using MSO, with 95.1% (231) of the mosquitoes being Ae. aegypti, while 4.1% (10) and 0.8% (2) were Ae. albopictus and a mixed Aedes species, respectively. The molecular detection of the dengue virus showed that only 2 individual specimens of Ae. aegypti were positive, with one specimen being a dual serotype of DEN-II and IV, and another specimen was DENV-II. The weekly number of Aedes spp. captured correlated positively with Tmax, Tmin, and Tmean, and correlated negatively with RF and RH. The significant and useful data obtained from this study can be utilized in dengue vector management by local health authorities.
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The authors would like to thank the Vector Unit of Petaling Jaya City Council for providing the ground data of dengue cases, as well as for facilitating in the field sample collection throughout the 26 weeks of surveillance period. The study was funded by Research University Grants; (1) Postgraduate Research Grant (Grant No.: PG160-2015B), (2) UM Cares Grant (Grant No.: RU013-2017P), and (3) Faculty Research Grant (Grant No.: GPF013C-2018).
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Roslan, M.A., Ngui, R., Vythilingam, I. et al. Surveillance of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in high-rise apartment buildings in Selangor, Malaysia. Int J Trop Insect Sci 42, 1959–1969 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-021-00725-y
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