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Promoting health education and public awareness about dengue and its mosquito vector in Saudi Arabia

Aziz AT 1 , Al-Shami SA 2 , Mahyoub JA 3 , Hatabbi M 4 , Ahmad AH 5 , Md Rawi CS 6

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, 71491, Saudi Arabia. [email protected]
  • 2 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, 71491, Saudi Arabia. [email protected]
  • 3 Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, P. O. Box, 80203, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia. [email protected]
  • 4 Ministry of Health, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. [email protected]
  • 5 School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, 11800, Malaysia. [email protected]
  • 6 School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, 11800, Malaysia. [email protected]
Parasit Vectors, 2014;7:487.
PMID: 25403705 DOI: 10.1186/s13071-014-0487-5

Abstract

Currently, dengue fever is considered as the main health problem in several parts (Mekkah, Jeddah, Jazan and Najran) of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) with dramatically increase in the number of cases reported every year. This is associated with obvious ineffectiveness in the recent control and management programs for the mosquito vector (Aedes aegypti). Here, we suggested promoting the health education and public awareness among Saudi people to improve the control of dengue mosquito vector. Several suggestions and recommendations were highlighted here to ensure effectiveness in the future control and management programs of dengue mosquito vector in KSA.

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