Global Warming, Breeding Mosquitoes Rises

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In addition to natural conditions, the temperature of the earth warmed cause changes in increasingly short life cycle of the mosquito. As a result in particular types of Aedes mosquito breeding aegepty increased, closely related to the increase in dengue cases.

"In some of the studies mentioned that in recent years the mosquito life cycle is shorter. If you usually spawn, larvae, pupae and eventually become a mosquito takes 10 days now can only 7-8 days," explained Head of Research and Development Workshop Borne Disease Control Animals.




He also added that the increase in temperature of the earth causes the development of the virus in the mosquito's body was so short. "Once the new virus can be transmitted if in the mosquito's body for a week, now three to four days was able to transmit the disease to humans," he explained.

Increased temperatures also make some highland areas so shelter for mosquitoes. He said that, 10 years ago is absolutely no mosquitoes. But now can easily find a mosquito in the highlands who entered the West Bandung Regency, even while ago already victims of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF).

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