title: Surveillance of adult Aedes mosquitoes in Selangor, Malaysia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the effectiveness of using sticky traps and the NS1 dengue antigen kit for the surveillance of Aedes mosquitoes for dengue control.
  
  
  METHODS
  Apartments were selected in a dengue-endemic area, and sticky traps were set to capture adult Aedes mosquitoes. NS1 dengue antigen kit was used to detect dengue antigen in mosquitoes, and positive mosquitoes were serotyped using real-time RT-PCR.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The sticky traps were effective in capturing Aedes aegypti, and a minimum of three traps per floor was sufficient. Multiple serotypes were found in individual mosquitoes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The sticky trap and the NS1 dengue antigen test kit can be used as surveillance tool in dengue control programmes. This proactive method will be better suited for control programmes than current reactive methods.
authors.affiliation: State Vector Borne Disease Control Unit, Selangor State Health Department, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Sai-Ming
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Indra
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vythilingam
authors.affiliation: Julius Centre, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Jonathan Inbaraj
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Doss
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Shamala Devi
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Sekaran
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathobiology and Medical Diagnostics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Tock H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Chua
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Wan Yusof
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Wan Sulaiman
authors.affiliation: Julius Centre, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Karuthan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chinna
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Yvonne Ai-Lian
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.affiliation: State Vector Borne Disease Control Unit, Selangor State Health Department, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Balan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Venugopalan
mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D000818:Animals; D003715:Dengue / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D008296:Malaysia / Q000453:epidemiology; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral
keywords: Aedes aegypti; Dengue; Kit de test de l'antigène NS1; Malaisie; Malasia; Malaysia; NS1 antigen test kit; dengue; kit de detección del antígeno NS1; piège collant; sticky trap; surveillance; trampas adhesivas; vigilancia