RADAR JOGJA – The Bantul Regency Health Service (Dinkes) noted that the number of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DBD) sufferers in Bantul had decreased compared to last year. If during 2022 there were 956 cases with five deaths, this year there will be a total of 125 cases and no deaths.
Head of the Disease Management Division of the Bantul Health Office, Samsu Aryanto, said that this number was recorded from January to October. With the most cases occurring in January with 32 cases. “The lowest was in September with four cases,” he said Wednesday (15/11/23).
Meanwhile, in 2022, cases experienced a downward trend at the end of the year. The lowest cases were in November 2022 with 31 cases. Meanwhile, the most cases also occurred in January, with 168 cases.
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According to Samsu, the decline in dengue cases in 2023 is due to the treatment of the dengue virus with Wolbachia bacteria in Bantul. Where Wolbachia is a kind of genetic engineering. So the Aedes aegypti mosquito is injected with Wolbachia bacteria.
The Wolbachia mosquitoes then interact with mosquitoes that do not have Wolbachia, then interbreeding occurs. “It turns out that the eggs that were hatched were infertile or infertile. “So it doesn’t have the ability to infect dengue,” he explained.
In laboratory theory, there is indeed a 70 percent reduction in cases from this method. One of them is in Bantul Regency. However, he cannot predict the trend of dengue cases in the future. The hope is that this method can still have a significant impact in maintaining dengue cases at a low level. “Thankfully, it can go down further,” said Samsu.
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Apart from that, he explained that community factors also play an important role in reducing the number of dengue cases. According to him, there are still many people who carry out the Simultaneous Movement to Eradicate Mosquito Nests (Gertak PSN) program. Although only at the Kapanewon level, it involves sub-districts and community health centers up to Padukuhan.
According to him, the spread of dengue fever cases can also be influenced by climatic factors. Because during the dry season, the water reservoirs are relatively dry. So it cannot be used as a breeding place for mosquitoes. Then, when the mosquito population decreases, this will also be followed by a decrease in disease.
To reduce the number of dengue fever cases in the future, Samsu appealed to the public to adopt healthy lifestyles. By protecting the environment so that there are no places where mosquitoes harbor and have the potential to become breeding grounds. Especially before the rainy season. One of them is by sorting waste. “Reusable waste includes used bottles and cans which are reused and used by the community. “Automatically, when it is used, there is no place for mosquitoes to breed,” he explained. (tyo/eno)
2023-11-16 02:25:00
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