JawaPos.com – The presence of Wolbachia bacteria in Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes is currently being tested because it will be tested again in several large areas in Indonesia. The implementation of Wolbachia Technology was delayed due to public fear of the effects that could be caused by mosquitoes carrying Wolbachia.
The public stigma against the Aedes Aegypti mosquito which can cause dengue fever seems to be the main factor in the implementation of this Wolbachia innovation. In fact, what happens is the opposite, the Wolbachia bacteria in the body of Aedes Aegypti functions to remove the dengue virus when mosquitoes start biting dengue fever patients.
Therefore, it is necessary to re-socialize the untruth regarding this matter, so that people’s doubts can disappear and so that later the community can commit to working together to make the trial a success.
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Quoted JawaPos.com from National Environment Agencythere are 4 real facts about the Wolbachia bacteria that are not widely known by the public.
1. Wolbachia does not harm humans or animals
Before Wolbachia technology existed, humans and animals were often exposed to Wolbachia bacteria. For example, when someone comes into contact with insects, eats insects, or eats food such as fruit that is infected with insects.
Without realizing it, someone could swallow the Wolbachia bacteria when eating insects or fruit contaminated with insects.
However, there are no reports of Wolbachia causing damage or illness to humans or animals.
Quoted JawaPos.com from ugm.ac.id, Principal Researcher of the Eliminate Dengue Projet (EDP), Eggi Arguni, Ph.D. also said that Wolbachia is safe for humans and the environment. So far, humans often interact with wolbachia-bearing insects such as rice lice, butterflies, spiders and fruit flies.
2. Wolbachia cannot be transmitted through mosquito bites
Take a look at several areas that have started implementing Wolbachia technology, humans and animals are continuously exposed to the bites of female mosquitoes which naturally carry Wolbachia, but there have been no reports of Wolbachia transmission through bites.
A study found that volunteers exposed to the bite of female Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti (Wolbachia-Aedes) mosquitoes did not show an immune response to Wolbachia.
Quoted JawaPos.com from Betweenresearch researcher on Wolbachia mosquitoes from Gadjah Mada University, Dr Riris Andono Ahmad, BMedSc, MPH, PhD, revealed that the Wolbachia bacteria in these mosquitoes cannot move or be transmitted to other insects, animals or humans.
2023-11-20 16:02:00
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