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The city of Bontang in East Kalimantan is part of the Indonesian Ministry of Health’s Wolbachia technology pilot project to reduce the number of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) cases in Indonesia.
The head of the East Kalimantan Health Service, Dr. Jaya Mualimin in Samarinda said on Saturday that Bontang was chosen as a pilot project to represent East Kalimantan because it is one of the cities with a relatively high number of dengue fever cases and deaths in 2023.
During 2023, Jaya continued, a total of 5,616 dengue fever cases were detected in East Kalimantan, and among these cases, Bontang City was one of the highest proportion cases.
“In accordance with the Minister of Health Decree No. 1341 of 2022 on the implementation of the Wolbachia technology pilot project in five cities, namely Semarang, West Jakarta, Bandung, Kupang and Bontang,” Jaya Mualimin said.
He explained that this pilot project was conducted as a first step to measure the effectiveness of the spread of Wolbachia mosquitoes in suppressing cases of mosquito-borne dengue fever. Temple of the Egyptians.
Based on studies on the benefits and risks of mosquito infection Temple of the Egyptians with Wolbachia bacteria to prevent the transmission of dengue infections or dengue hemorrhagic fever has been carried out on a large scale since 2011.
mosquito Temple of the Egyptians Women are the main vector of dengue virus infection in humans. An important biological control strategy for this vector is to infect it with Wolbachia bacteria, which can inhibit the replication of the dengue virus in the mosquito’s body.
He hopes to do so through a series of research and mosquito experiments Temple of the Egyptians A person infected with Wolbachia can inhibit the reproduction of the dengue virus in the mosquito’s body.
“The goal is that the dengue virus is not dangerous for us and that the offspring of the mosquitoes have Wolbacia so that no more people get dengue fever,” said Jaya Mualimin.
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