Research Article
Seasonal and Geographical Variation of Dengue Vectors in Narathiwat, South Thailand
Table 2
Seasonal and geographical distributions of Aedes vectors in water-holding containers.
| Container type | Season | Location | Number (%) of positive containers surveyed between the study settings | value | Urban | Rural | Total |
| Water storage | Wet | Outdoor | 84 | 81 | 165 (86.4) | <0.001 | Indoor | 4 | 22 | 26 (13.6) | Total | 88 (46.1) | 103 (53.9) | 191 | Dry | Outdoor | 76 | 54 | 130 (89.7) | <0.001 | Indoor | 8 | 7 | 15 (10.3) | Total | 84 (57.9) | 61 (42.1) | 145 |
| Discarded receptacles | Wet | Outdoor | 22 | 17 | 39 (100) | NA | Indoor | 0 | 0 | 0 | Total | 22 (56.4) | 17 (43.6) | 39 | Dry | Outdoor | 65 | 57 | 122 (100) | NA | Indoor | 0 | 0 | 0 | Total | 65 (53.3) | 57 (46.7) | 122 |
| Miscellaneous containers | Wet | Outdoor | 15 | 52 | 67 (41.9) | 0.003 | Indoor | 25 | 68 | 93 (58.1) | Total | 40 (25.0) | 120 (75.0) | 160 | Dry | Outdoor | 11 | 26 | 37 (37.4) | 0.162 | Indoor | 38 | 24 | 62 (62.6) | Total | 49 (49.5) | 50 (50.5) | 99 |
| Natural containers | Wet | Outdoor | 20 | 14 | 34 (97.1) | <0.001 | Indoor | 0 | 1 | 1 (2.9) | Total | 20 (57.1) | 15 (42.9) | 35 | Dry | Outdoor | 27 | 17 | 44 (100) | NA | Indoor | 0 | 0 | 0 | Total | 27 (61.4) | 17 (38.4) | 44 |
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NA: not applicable. Statistically significant with McNemar’s test for two-independent samples.
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