Profiling of dengue vectors breeding habitat at urban residential areas in Shah Alam, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Faiz Madzlan,, Nazri Che Dom,, Nurmahirah Zakaria,, Siti Nur Anis Hasnan,, Chua, Say Tiong, Siti Nazrina Camalxaman,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pusat Sistematik Serangga, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13408/1/23199-67280-1-SM.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13408/; http://ejournal.ukm.my/serangga/issue/view/1065/showToc

Dengue fever is an urban vector-borne disease transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. Both species lay their eggs in favourable breeding containers either in natural or artificial containers. Thus, an understanding of Aedes species habitat characteristics is important in combating dengue...