THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE MEAN NUMBER OF AEDES AEGYPTI LARVAE IN THE DARK CONTAINER AND BRIGHT CONTAINER IN TAMBAK CEMANDI VILLAGE, SEDATI, SIDOARJO

Abstract

Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) is still a serious problem. It can be seen from the high incidence rate, especially in tropical and subtropical countries. In this study, researcher focus on Container factor especially from its color, dark and bright, as one of existence factor of Aedes aegypti larvae. Container is a place for saving our water that is used in our daily life, where this container can be used Aedes aegypti for hatching their eggs and growing up as larvae and mosquito which is a vector of DHF. This study investigated the differences between the mean number of Aedes aegypti larvae in the dark container and bright container. The method that is used in this study is observational analytic with cross sectional design. Samples in this study are taken from 100 respondents’ houses in the Tambak Cemandi Village, Sedati, Sidoarjo, on may until august 2016. In descriptions, the result showed that in dark containers the number of Aedes aegypti larvae is higher than in dark colored containers. By using Mann-Whitney U statistic test, the result of this study also showed a significant result that there is difference of mean number of Aedes aegypti larvae on dark colored container and light colored container where P = 0.001 (P <α = 0,05). So, there is different between the mean number of Aedes aegypti larvae in the dark container and bright container in Tambak Cemandi Village, Sedati, Sidoarjo, which dark container has higher mean number of Aedes aegypti larvae than bright container.