Level of Awareness of Dengue Disease among School Children in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka, and Effect of School-Based Health Education Programmes on Improving Knowledge and Practices

Table 3

Summarized findings of the entomological surveillance activities

Breeding site	Before intervention		One month after intervention		Two months after intervention
	Number of potential breeding sites	Number of positive breeding sites	Number of Potential breeding sites	Number of positive breeding sites	Number of potential breeding sites	Number of positive breeding sites
Leaf axils	45	14	24	5	13	2
Tree hole	25	8	13	3	1	0
Coconut shell	31	7	8	2	0	0
Discarded plastic containers	75	24	8	1	8	1
Discarded metal containers	19	9	11	3	2	0
Discarded glass containers	12	7	7	2	4	1
Flower pots	22	4	19	2	15	2
Discarded tire	16	5	8	1	0	0
Blocked drains	12	2	5	1	4	1
Blocked roof gutters	48	16	28	8	3	0
Total habitats	305	98	131	28	50	7
Breeding Site Positivity for Aedes larvae (%)	32.13		21.37		14.0