Abstract
Abstract: Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) is a disease that spread by mosquito type Aedes aegypti. The room condition for the water container, such as air temperature and humidity, are factors that influence the presence of Aedes aegypti larvae and whether those are favourable for breeding and their growth to be mature and act as DHF vector. This study aims to know the correlation between environmental factors of the location of the water container, assessed from room temperature and humidity with the presence of Aedes Aegypti larvae in elementary school in Banjarbaru Utara Regency. This is an observational analytic study. Samples obtained were rooms where water container was located in elementary schools in Banjarbaru Utara Regency. Data were then analysed using chi-square. The results are 19.2% rooms with optimum temperature and 85.9% rooms with optimum humidity for the growth of Aedes aegypti larvae. There were 39.1% water containers with no larvae, 12.2% were found few larvae, and 48.7% were found many larvae. From the analysis, there was no significant correlation between room temperature and the presence of Aedes larvae, yet there was found a correlation between air humidity and the presence of Aedes larvae in elementary school in Banjarbaru Utara area.
Highlights
Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) is one of the health problems mostly found in tropical and subtropical areas
2-5 billion people living in DHF endemic areas and more than 70% live in Southeast Asia and the West Pacific
In 2008, DHF cases were increasing with incidence rate (IR) 14,44/100.000 people and case fatality rate (CFR) 1,70%
Summary
Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) is one of the health problems mostly found in tropical and subtropical areas. 8. The increasing number of DHF case was related to the presence of Aedes aegypti as DHF vector. The increasing number of DHF case was related to the presence of Aedes aegypti as DHF vector This type of mosquito tends to live around household areas, mostly in water container made by the human. One of factors that affect the incidence of DHF was population number of Aedes aegypti larvae. Because of the high DHF incidence in Banjarbaru Utara Regency, mostly affecting school-aged children and larvae as spreading factor, it was necessary to conduct a study about correlation between environmental factors of room where the water containers are located with the presence of Aedes aegypti larvae in elementary schools in Banjarbaru Utara Regency. Data were analysed using a chisquare test with a confidence interval of 95%
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