Gravitrap deployment for adult Aedes aegypti surveillance and its impact on dengue cases

• Main Authors: Ong, Janet, Chong, Chee-Seng, Yap, Grace, Lee, Caleb, Muhammad Aliff Abdul Razak, Chiang, Suzanna, Ng, Lee-Ching
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Science::Biological sciences; Dengue Fever; Aedes Aegypti
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/146426
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

House Index, Container Index, and Breteau Index are the most commonly used indices for dengue vector surveillance. However, these larval indices are a poor proxy for measuring the adult population-which is responsible for disease transmission. Information on the adult distribution and density are im...