Volume 10, Number 4—April 2004
Dispatch
Dengue Fever Outbreak in a Recreation Club, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Yukiko Wagatsuma*, Robert F. Breiman*
, Anowar Hossain*, and Mahbubur Rahman*
, Anowar Hossain*, and Mahbubur Rahman*Table 3
Survey of wet containers for Aedes larvae within and outside of the club
| Place | Container type | No. of wet containers | No. of positive containers | No. of larvae | Mosquito species |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aedes aegypti | Ae. albopictus | Others | |||||
| Outside of premise boundary |
Metallic drum cover |
26 |
20 |
364 |
103 |
261 |
0 |
| Outside of club building |
Plastic glass |
1 |
1 |
19 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
| Manhole cover |
6 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
| Inside of club building |
No wet container found |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Rooftop of club building |
Stagnant water on rooftop floor |
1 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| Total | 34 | 23a | 392 | 112 | 280 | 0 | |
a Overall container index (CI) was 68 (23/34 x 100).
