Environmental Factors linked to the Presence of Aedes aegypti Larvae and the Prevalence of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever

Nurdin Nurdin; Yusni Ikhwan Siregar; Mubarak Mubarak; Wijayantono Wijayantono

doi:10.3889/oamjms.2022.8533

Authors

Nurdin Nurdin Department of Public Health, Fort De Kock University, Bukittinggi, Indonesia; Department of Environmental Science, Riau University, Pekanbaru, Indonesia
Yusni Ikhwan Siregar Department of Environmental Science, Riau University, Pekanbaru, Indonesia
Mubarak Mubarak Department of Environmental Science, Riau University, Pekanbaru, Indonesia
Wijayantono Wijayantono Health Polytechnic, Ministry of Health, Padang, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2022.8533

Keywords:

Dengue hemorrhagic fever, Prevalence, Environmental factors, Temperature, Precipitation, Humidity, Vector presence

Abstract

This study aims to examine the effect of climate and the presence of Aedes aegypti larvae on the prevalence of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) in Bukittinggi. In particular, the study was conducted in order to reduce the prevalence of DHF through vector control (Aedes aegypti) guided by the mosquito larvae free rate by proposing a model for environmental management in an Aedes aegypti larva-free area in Bukittinggi. Rainfall, air temperature, and humidity in 2015-2019 in Bukittinggi were measured to analyze their effect on the prevalence of dengue fever. Samples of data on the prevalence of dengue cases were carried out in total population against data on the prevalence of dengue cases, which amounted to 686 cases, and data on mosquito larvae free rates during 2015-2019. By using Pearson correlation analysis, the results show that the average air temperature in Bukittinggi over the last 5 years allows mosquitoes to survive because they have an average air temperature that functions as an optimum breeding vector. High rainfall can be expected to increase the breeding places of the Aedes aegypti so that the population will increase also has an impact on increasing cases in that month and several months later. Furthermore, the results confirm that there is no significant relationship and also no correlation between physical environmental factors, such as air temperature, humidity, and rainfall with the prevalence of dengue cases in Bukittinggi during the 2015-2019 period. Based on the pattern of distribution of DHF cases in Bukittinggi during the 2015-2019 period, controlling the prevalence of DHF cases needs to focus on activities in areas/villages that are endemic for DHF, without neglecting areas/villages where the prevalence of DHF cases is low, both at the temperature of the air and the mosquitoes will cause dengue fever experience optimal development, low, medium, and high rainfall, as well as in humidity where mosquitoes will experience ideal development.

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