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Feature: Salt, sea water kill larvae of dengue-carrying mosquitos
by Rey Anthony Chiu
Tagbilaran City (6 July) -- LOOKING for a cost efficient anti-dengue preparation? Try salt or sea-water to contaminate stagnant water where the mosquitoes breed.
Health authorities campaigning for the elimination of dengue-causing mosquitoes agreed that denying the aedes aegypti mosquitoes of their breeding areas is one of the key prevention step in stopping the disease.
With this, Provincial and Department of Health authorities have echoed the call for more clean-up activities just as the Flavivirus carrying pests linger in unkempt areas and places with stagnant water.
Health authorities are now alarmed over the rise in dengue cases as monitored by the Provincial Health Office. Government and civilian authorities have aired apprehension of more cases especially with the onset of the rainy season and the unusually hot climate.
Research shows that in hotter climates, the mosquitoes tend to bite more, thus multiplying the chances of spreading the disease.
In the event that people may not be able to drain any stagnant water in their vicinities, authorities say that throwing salt or sea water over these pools could kill the larvae.
Authorities also agree that putting in the tilapia on ponds would help control the disease spread. Tilapia is known to eat mosquito larva, further containing the multiplying of the virus carrying mosquitoes.
http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p070706.htm&no=19
Feature: Salt, sea water kill larvae of dengue-carrying mosquitos
by Rey Anthony Chiu
Tagbilaran City (6 July) -- LOOKING for a cost efficient anti-dengue preparation? Try salt or sea-water to contaminate stagnant water where the mosquitoes breed.
Health authorities campaigning for the elimination of dengue-causing mosquitoes agreed that denying the aedes aegypti mosquitoes of their breeding areas is one of the key prevention step in stopping the disease.
With this, Provincial and Department of Health authorities have echoed the call for more clean-up activities just as the Flavivirus carrying pests linger in unkempt areas and places with stagnant water.
Health authorities are now alarmed over the rise in dengue cases as monitored by the Provincial Health Office. Government and civilian authorities have aired apprehension of more cases especially with the onset of the rainy season and the unusually hot climate.
Research shows that in hotter climates, the mosquitoes tend to bite more, thus multiplying the chances of spreading the disease.
In the event that people may not be able to drain any stagnant water in their vicinities, authorities say that throwing salt or sea water over these pools could kill the larvae.
Authorities also agree that putting in the tilapia on ponds would help control the disease spread. Tilapia is known to eat mosquito larva, further containing the multiplying of the virus carrying mosquitoes.
http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p070706.htm&no=19