| climatic factors associated with epidemic dengue in palembang, indonesia: implications of short-term meteorological events on virus transmission. | an extensive outbreak of dengue fever and dengue hemorhagic fever occurred in the city of palembang, south sumatra, indonesia from late 1997 through march/april 1998. all surveyed administrative areas (kelurahan) in palembang were found to be 'permissive' for dengue virus transmission; and all areas that had aedes (subgenus stegomyia) larval mosquitoes in abundance experienced increased cases of dhf during the epidemic. the aedes house index (hi) for combined aedes aegypti and aedes albopictus w ... | 2006 | 17333762 |
| resistance of aedes aegypti (diptera: culicidae) in 2006 to pyrethroid insecticides in indonesia and its association with oxidase and esterase levels. | three strains of aedes aegypti collected in 2006 from three major cities in indonesia, i.e., bandung, palembang and surabaya, were tested to determine their resistance status to pyrethroid (permethrin and deltamethrin) and also the resistance mechanisms regarding three detoxifying enzymes, i.e., oxidase, esterase a and esterase b. the resistance level was expressed as resistance ratio (rr) compared to the susceptible vcru strain. results of this study showed that ae. aegypti in indonesia has dev ... | 2007 | 19093483 |