ENTOMOLOGICAL SURVEY OF AEDES MOSQUITO BREEDING SOURCES IN UN CONVENTIONAL LOCATIONS AND SOURCES AND AWARENESS ABOUT HEALTH IMPLICATIONS IN SEMIURBAN AREA, TAMILNADU

Abstract

Objective: To identify Aedes breeding places in the un conventional sites such as hotel buildings, commercial places and shops and the mixture of different types of household and the sources in the above sites .Annamalainagar, Chidambaram.

Methods:  A total of 2516 houses were divided into 12 wards. 30% of the houses (750 sites) were selected for the present study.

Results:  The different index like Briteau index, house index and container index were 87.64%, 0.53% and 0.15 respectively. Refrigerator and air conditioner trays were the major breeding sources inside the premises while coconut shells and uncovered water containers were the major breeding source among outside the premises. 40% of the total study populations were not aware of mosquito borne diseases and 25% of them were not aware of mosquito breeding sites.

Conclusion: Awareness about mosquito breeding sites is essential for control the mosquito borne diseases.

KEY WARDS: Aedes aegipty, Dengue, Chikungunya,