Letup seen in dengue outbreak.Byline: Muhammad Humaidan JEDDAH: A municipal official said yesterday the number of dengue fever dengue fever (dĕng`gē, –gā), acute infectious disease caused by four closely related viruses and transmitted by the bite of the Aedes mosquito; it is also known as breakbone fever and bone-crusher disease. cases has declined in June. "The number of dengue fever cases fell considerably in the second week of June," Dr. Nuha Dashash, assistant director for primary health care at the Jeddah municipality Jeddah Municipality (also called Amanat Madinat Jeddah Arabic: أمانة مدينة جدة) (and Al-Baladiyah , told Arab News. Dengue fever cases were on the increase in early months of this year with 691 cases reported until May despite the municipal efforts for mosquito mosquito (məskē`tō), small, long-legged insect of the order Diptera, the true flies. The females of most species have piercing and sucking mouth parts and apparently they must feed at least once upon mammalian blood before their eggs can eradication in the city and surrounding villages. A recent report issued by the Jeddah municipality on its activities to wipe out virus-carrying insects said its officials inspected and sprayed insecticides insecticides, chemical, biological, or other agents used to destroy insect pests; the term commonly refers to chemical agents only. Chemical Insecticides in 32,532 residential units including 162 schools, 9,120 buildings under construction and hundreds of workshops. They also visited 180 nurseries, 628 public parks and other places where there were pools of stagnant water that bred dangerous insects, the report said. "The programs to combat insects carrying dengue virus dengue virus n. A virus of the genus Flavivirus that is the cause of dengue. are undertaken vigorously," Abdul Gaffar Azhari, director of the Insects Eradication and Health Protection Department at the municipality MUNICIPALITY. The body of officers, taken collectively, belonging to a city, who are appointed to manage its affairs and defend its interests. , said. Azhari added that the methods followed by the municipal officials were safe and effective. "We use chemical and non-chemical methods to get rid of mosquitoes and other disease-carrying insects on the one hand and on the other undertake multi-language campaigns to persuade expatriates and visitors besides citizens to keep their environment mosquito-free. We also focus on schools in our awareness drive." A map of stagnant water at 1,697 locations in Jeddah was prepared using satellite imaging technology as part of the campaign against the dengue fever. "While 286 ponds were leveled, 1,218 ponds were drained. The remaining irrigation irrigation, in agriculture, artificial watering of the land. Although used chiefly in regions with annual rainfall of less than 20 in. (51 cm), it is also used in wetter areas to grow certain crops, e.g., rice. and sewage tanks are being treated weekly with insecticides," the official said. His department also continued the process of discovering new breeding centers and verifying reports from various neighborhoods about new sources of insect breeding. Copyright: Arab News 2009 All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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