Lee HL1 and Chang MS2
1. Institute for Medical Research, Jalan Pahang, 50588 K Lumpur
2. Institute of Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak
CITATION: Lee HL, Chang MS. A model of dengue transmission: determination of the threshold of transmission using ovitrap surveillance data in Sarawak, Malaysia. International Medical Research Journal. 1997 Jun;1(1):55–9.
ABSTRACT
Weekly ovitrap surveillance of Aedes vectors was conducted continuously in three urban areas in Kuching, Sarawak to monitor their populations. The possible application of sequential sampling technique to analyse the ovitrap data was examined. The Aedes eggs/larvae were found to exhibit a clumped distribution fitted to a negative binomial distribution model without a common K value. The sample size of ovitraps required for decision to control Aedes vectors was determined using techniques of sequential sampling and its use in dengue vector control in Malaysia was examined.
KEYWORDS: sequential sampling, ovitraps, Aedes, dengue
