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DBD Mengancam Sepanjang Tahun
Zikriniati - Padang Ekspres
Google translation:
Padang | Wednesday, 10/06/2009 09:26 WIB
DBD threatening Throughout Year
Zikriniati - Padang Ekspres
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Trends in disease dengue dengue fever (DBD), which was threatening in certain months, is now no longer correct. DBD disease now, thus threatening the whole year. This condition is caused stabilnya weather does not start until the beginning of the year 2009 at this time. So that the aedes mosquito life cycle agepty, become longer.
"The thing is, almost every day DKK do fogging, to prevent mosquito pengembangbiakan are," said Head of prevention of disease (P2P) City Health Office (DKK) Padang Naswita Devi.
Evaporation only effective for adult mosquitoes, but not able to kill mosquito larva. While the weather is like this, the growth of mosquito jentik become faster. This fact, making the number of people who suffer DBD still have a month, compared to years ago, although the amount is relatively decreased.
As of March to May since 2009, the number of people in the city of Padang DBD reach 362 people. While in the first week of this month the number of people with DBD reached 12 people.
If compared to the year 2008, that number has decreased, for the same position in the year of 2008 reached 38 people. Meanwhile, the area that most people are in the DBD District Kuranji and Nanggalo, about 50 percent of the number of people.
Chikungunya threatening
Not only the DBD, chikungunya disease which is also due to mosquito bites, but also threaten the citizens of the city. Until May 2009 the number of people who make all the joints become stiff, reaching 323 cases. Most people are from District Kototangah reach 121 people, followed Nanggalo 58 people. (*
DBD Mengancam Sepanjang Tahun
Zikriniati - Padang Ekspres
Google translation:
Padang | Wednesday, 10/06/2009 09:26 WIB
DBD threatening Throughout Year
Zikriniati - Padang Ekspres
click to view photo
Trends in disease dengue dengue fever (DBD), which was threatening in certain months, is now no longer correct. DBD disease now, thus threatening the whole year. This condition is caused stabilnya weather does not start until the beginning of the year 2009 at this time. So that the aedes mosquito life cycle agepty, become longer.
"The thing is, almost every day DKK do fogging, to prevent mosquito pengembangbiakan are," said Head of prevention of disease (P2P) City Health Office (DKK) Padang Naswita Devi.
Evaporation only effective for adult mosquitoes, but not able to kill mosquito larva. While the weather is like this, the growth of mosquito jentik become faster. This fact, making the number of people who suffer DBD still have a month, compared to years ago, although the amount is relatively decreased.
As of March to May since 2009, the number of people in the city of Padang DBD reach 362 people. While in the first week of this month the number of people with DBD reached 12 people.
If compared to the year 2008, that number has decreased, for the same position in the year of 2008 reached 38 people. Meanwhile, the area that most people are in the DBD District Kuranji and Nanggalo, about 50 percent of the number of people.
Chikungunya threatening
Not only the DBD, chikungunya disease which is also due to mosquito bites, but also threaten the citizens of the city. Until May 2009 the number of people who make all the joints become stiff, reaching 323 cases. Most people are from District Kototangah reach 121 people, followed Nanggalo 58 people. (*