Wolbachia Mosquitoes Are Safe, Here's An Explanation From The DKI Health Office

JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Health Office ensures that mosquitoes with bisculptary content are used to control cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) safe for humans. "Even though they are bitten by mosquitoes that contain bisculption, humans remain healthy and will not get sick, including being exposed to dengue. It is also appropriate to be bitten by ordinary mosquitoes (our kebond term)," said Head of the Epidemiological Surveillance and Immunization Section of the DKI Jakarta Health Office, Ngabila Salama, ANTARA, Sunday, November 26. Not only that, Wolbachia will also not reduce the population of mosquitoes and not use genetic engineering technology. So that it will not interfere with other ecosystems and microorganisms.

Ngabila emphasized that humans are not used as guinea pigs in the use of mosquito technology with this spheroidal content. "This is a hoax if you say it can reduce the population of mosquitoes. The steps taken only make aedes aegepty mosquitoes an aedes aegepty that contains bisabachia," said Ngabila.

In the end, all aedes aegepty mosquitoes can no longer carry the dengue virus so that it no longer transmits to humans.

"DHF cases can continue to be suppressed and even zero cases can be carried according to WHO targets, namely no deaths due to dengue fever by 2030," said Nyabila.

Through a trial of mosquito livestock that is fed blood, it is proven that mosquito bites that contain bisculption hundreds of times remain healthy and are not exposed to dengue fever. "This blood feed has even been followed by many figures, including Yogyakarta Governor Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X and Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin," said Ngabila.