Research Article
Analyze Climate Change Against Occurance of Dengue Fever in SouthTangerang City In 2013-2018
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.29-8-2019.2289145, author={Ernyasih Ernyasih}, title={Analyze Climate Change Against Occurance of Dengue Fever in SouthTangerang City In 2013-2018}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Local Wisdom, INCOLWIS 2019, August 29-30, 2019, Padang, West Sumatera, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={INCOLWIS}, year={2019}, month={10}, keywords={climate change dengue hemorrhagic fever south tangerang city}, doi={10.4108/eai.29-8-2019.2289145} }- Ernyasih Ernyasih
Year: 2019
Analyze Climate Change Against Occurance of Dengue Fever in SouthTangerang City In 2013-2018
INCOLWIS
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.29-8-2019.2289145
Abstract
Climate change makes mosquitoes able to adapt and survive and thrive in areas that were previously impossible to become mosquito habitat. In 2015, South Tangerang City was the City with the highest number of cases of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever in Banten Province. The number reached 1,834 cases with 15 deaths. The purpose of this study to determine the relationship of climate change (rainfall and wind speed) to the occurrence of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever in South Tangerang City in 2013-2018. This research is quantitative and is a type of descriptive epidemiological research with an ecological study design. This study uses secondary data for 6 years (2013-2018). Rainfall and wind speed have a significant relationship with the incidence of DHF in South Tangerang City in 2013-2018.