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Indonesian Scientists Breed Bacteria-Carrying Mosquitoes to Combat Dengue Fever
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6/7/2024
Scientists in Indonesia are trying a new approach in the fight against Dengue fever - a disease spread by mosquitoes that is sometimes fatal. The idea is to breed mosquitoes that carry bacteria that make them unable to spread dengue fever.
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"Vitriani is raising mosquitoes, special ones.
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These larvae will become Wolbachia mosquitoes.
00:08
They cannot spread dengue fever and should replace those which do."
00:14
Her eight-year-old son got sick with dengue a few months ago.
00:18
Vitriani is keen to stop that happening to her older son.
00:23
"I want the mosquitoes around my house to be non-dengue viral.
00:30
At first I was annoyed, of course, because there were more mosquitoes.
00:34
But in the long run, for the sake of our health, it's OK."
00:42
These officials are distributing seven million mosquito eggs, delivered on beds of cloth
00:48
in these plastic bags, complete with pallets of food.
00:52
They deliver every two weeks to 11,000 houses.
00:56
That's less than a quarter of the city.
00:59
But the need is real.
01:02
Indonesian hospitals treated three times as many dengue cases in the first five months
01:07
of this year as the same period last year.
01:11
This year, three people died here in Semarang, and 180 more became ill with it.
01:17
Most of them children.
01:21
Researchers here say they think they can see the results of the Semarang Wolbachia Mosquito
01:26
Program.
01:27
"That may have a huge impact on reducing dengue fever.
01:35
Patients from Semarang City mostly come to the hospital with mild and moderate dengue
01:39
fever.
01:40
But patients from other cities come with severe conditions and symptoms."
01:44
Despite the fact that this program has proven successful in several areas, some people are
01:54
still skeptical about this solution.
01:57
Many neighborhoods in Semarang have rejected this mosquito program.
02:03
That's why this team are talking to locals here.
02:05
They hope to counter misinformation spread on social media.
02:10
Theorists suggest the mosquito scheme is the government trying to spread dengue, or that
02:15
the mosquitoes give people a second disease.
02:19
"After there were many cases of dengue fever and the mosquitoes became more numerous, I
02:25
became afraid.
02:26
I was afraid that the mosquitoes would carry the dengue virus."
02:32
People here in the city of Yogyakarta would tell them otherwise.
02:36
This is where the first Wolbachia program back in 2016 took place.
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The number of dengue cases is down by 77 percent.
02:46
This is also home to the Wolbachia Mosquito Hatching Station.
02:51
This laboratory at Gajah Mada University produces millions of mosquito eggs for delivery across
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Indonesia.
02:59
But scientists here know their work will only succeed when people are on board.
03:06
"The most important thing is when most of the community accepts it, we can mobilize
03:13
support.
03:14
I think that can enable this technology to have an impact on the community."
03:20
Back in Semarang, Fitriani needs no convincing.
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She says her family is safer thanks to anti-dengue mosquitoes like this one.
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