Application of Mobile Sensing in Kader Surabaya Hebat (KSH) about Major Mosquito-Borne Disease in the Metropolitan City of Surabaya, Indonesia

Abstract

Dengue fever is a viral infection transmitted through mosquitoes and endemic in most tropical countries, such as Surabaya. DHF cases is continued to be monitored, as well as the issue of social distancing, where Kader Surabaya Hebat (KSH) officers were not allowed to enter the house to conduct larvae examinations. In addition, mosquito eggs and first instars are rarely detected in this examination, making DHF endemicity remain high in Surabaya. Larvae were sampled in 115 houses and the accompanying 115 KSH officers were sampled randomly in 27 villages in Surabaya. Furthermore, the variable will be accommodated on the layer point map to evaluate the larvae in real-time by recording videos for five seconds and entering them in the mobile sensing application so that larvae movement and type would be detected. The results of larvae positively detected and identified were Aedes aegypti (100%) and Aedes albopictus (100%). In addition, based on the questionnaire to 115 KSH officers, it was found that they had the knowledge (89%), behavior (97%), and practice (86%) in controlling DHF vector mosquitoes. Considering the success of mobile sensing applications as part of effort to control DHF vectors requires community and KSH to support government programs regarding mosquito disease control, more efforts are necessary to facilitate KSH officers more in conducting home visits, thus potential for DHF transmission can be reported more routinely and accurately.