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Uji Resistensi Aedes Aegypti Terhadap Malathion 0,8% Di Kelurahan Labuh Baru Timur Kecamatan Payung Sekaki
Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) is an infectious disease caused by the dengue
virus. Dengue Hemorrhagic fever vector control that is often used is fogging with
the insecticide malathion. The use of insecticides for a long time can cause
resistance. The purpose of this study was to determine the resistance status of
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes to 0.8% malathion in Labuh Baru Timur Urban Village,
Payung Sekaki Sub-District. This research were descriptive with cross sectional
design and consecutive sampling method. The number of samples used was 150
adult mosquitoes aged 3-5 days. The resistance test was carried out using the
World Health Organization (WHO) method using impregnated paper malathion
0.8%. The study was conducted by inserting 25 mosquitoes into 4 exposure tubes
and 2 control tubes for 1 hour and then transferred to 6 storage tubes for 24
hours. After that, the number of mosquito mortality was calculated. The results
showed that the mortality of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes 24 hours after exposure to
malathion 0.8% was 10%. In this study, Aedes aegypti mosquitoes from Labuh
Baru Timur Urban Village, Payung Sekaki Sub-District were resistant to 0.8%
malathion. It is necessary to rotate the use of insecticides in controlling the Aedes
aegypti mosquito.
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