The Wolbachia method is repeated in BCS to minimize cases of dengue fever

La Paz, Baja California Sur.- The Insectarium of the Ministry of Health was rehabilitated to strengthen the project Wolbachia whose goal is to minimize cases by dengue, Zika and chikungunya.

] "To protect the health of our families, in Baja California On us resume the method Wolbachia which in 11 different countries has obtained effective results in the fight against ] dengue, Zika and chikungunya ", expressed the governor Carlos Mendoza Davis, after being informed that the insectarium of the Ministry of Health of the State was rehabilitated from integral way to strengthen the development of this project.

This method, approved by the World Health Organization, stated, whose goal is to minimize the number of cases recorded by these diseases in the entity , is based on scientific innovation developed by the University of Monash in Australia, to introduce a bacterium called Wolbachia to mosquitoes Aedes aegypti, which prevents the insect to transmit the dengue, Zika and chikungunya

With the use of this technology, the mosquitoes carriers of Wolbachia are released for s & d Mate with local flies and transmit the bacteria to new species. Generations of mosquitoes, so that the risks for these diseases are diminished for families in southern California.

Mendoza Davis commented that in its first phase, this pioneering biological control method will be applied in two polygons of the city of La Paz as a result of the effort that the government the state added to the international nonprofit World Mosquito Program (WMP), an agreement that allowed to carry out a broad rehabilitation in infrastructure and l & # 39; Insectarium equipment of the entity, said

In this building, the specialists of the Ministry of Health will carry out laboratory work to confirm that the moscos to be released have the bacteria Wolbachia, ] that is harmless to humans, animals and the environment, but that is crucial to prevent the transmission of the aforementioned diseases to humans.