PENULARAN VERTIKAL ALAMI VIRUS ‘menyerupai’ ZIKA DALAM NYAMUK AEDES AEGYPTI DARI WABAH DI KOTA JAMBI

Abstract

Transmission of Zika virus could occur as a mosquito-borne transmission by Aedes aegypti or Aedes albopictus. During the transition period of 2014 to 2015, there had been reported an outbreak of dengue in Jambi City, during which several of the sufferers were screened positive for Zika virus infection by the Eijkman Institute. Interestingly, all of those positive for Zika virus were indigenous residents and none of them had history of international travel. To overview of Aedes spp. population by ovitrap and egg colonization and to detect the presence of Zika virus. The research was a descriptive analytic study with cross-sectional design. The samples then underwent like Zika virus detection using RT-PCR and the results were described as mapping. The Ovitrap Index was 44.74% and during examination of egg colonization collected from 40 neighborhoods was found Zika “like” virus in samples obtained from the 4th neighborhood in Talang Bakung Village.