Insectarium inaugurated in La Paz to breed mosquitoes, which fight against dengue in BCS

These facilities will strengthen the application of the Wolbachia method in 2 polygons of La Paz, with these actions that it aims to fight diseases such as dengue, zika and chikungunya

La Paz , Baja California Sur (BCS ). From this Wednesday, Baja California Sur will have an insectarium where safe and tested technologies in the world will be used again for their effectiveness in the fight against dengue, Zika and Chinkungunya, said the representative of the State, Carlos Mendoza Davis

The Entomological Biological Research and Test Unit was activated with the support of the non-profit civil organization World Mosquito Program (WMP ), to strengthen the application of the method Wolbachia 2 polygons of the city of La Paz to reduce the cases of the aforementioned diseases.

It is recently that the State Board of Health in Baja California Sur has endorsed to apply this measure, aimed at reducing the cases of the aforementioned diseases.

For his part, Mendoza Davis pointed out that this innovative strategy of preventive health is based on WMP's research to introduce the naturally occurring bacteria Wolbachia to flies, and this to prevent their sting from transmitting this suffering.

The program provides for a scheduled release of mosquitoes carrying the bacteria, so that they mate with local mosquitoes and thus produce generations of insects and parasites. carriers, a measure that has already been implemented in 11 countries with positive results from these diseases.

According to studies, this strategy could reduce conditions up to 150 years, according to the method researcher and director of WMP, Scott O & # 39; Neill reiterating that "the impact of this disease is visible very soon, almost 6 months after release".

For its part, the insects were kept in the insectarium with Wolbachia and it is examined that they find themselves in conditions conducive to their release and their reproduction in the field, on the basis of technology guaranteed by international health agencies and by the National Center for Disease Prevention and Control (C 19459004) (Cenaprece).

Finally, in his speech, the Director of Government Relations of the World Mosquito Program in the Americas, J Barley Osorio, explained that this method, unlike initiatives for vector control, is natural and sustainable in the long run because it does not suppress mosquito populations and does not involve genetic modifications.