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"Leave Standing Water is the Solution against Dengue and not the problem, says Doctor"Leave Standing Water is the Solution against Dengue and not the problem, says DoctorJanuary 29, 2016 in Wellness, prevention, combating the mosquito, Aedes aegypti
The best strategy to combat the Aedes Aegypti mosquito - which transmits dengue, chikungunya fever and Zika virus - is environmentally remove all containers that accumulate water clean? If the question is asked for the doctor in Tropical Diseases and International Health André Luis Soares da Fonseca the answer is no!
< "Remove jars from water no use. It is a wrong strategy. Do you have is to put pots of water to the female mosquitoes lay eggs, then you just throw the water off and will be eliminating the problem," explains André Luis is a veterinarian and professor of immunology at the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS).
The teacher explains that is adept strategy in your home and teaches his students at the university. "Remove the ramekins from water does not work. We are doing this for 10 years and does not solve," he says.




"Once you put the egg, the mosquito die. You have to put the pots of water in places you remember to withdraw after the female lay eggs. At least three times a week, you should throw the water out. If I pull out all the pots, the mosquito will seek the water box or hidden places, I will not find it. Helping the mosquito to lay eggs'm being smarter than him, "he believes.
The proliferation of mosquitoes is due to a "huge environmental imbalance," said the professor. For him, the hygiene theory is also helping to increase the population of Aedes and other mosquitoes. "Who against the population of mosquitoes, spiders and lizards. But you do not see in most environments," he says.


André Luis also attacks the fogging widely used by local governments to combat the Aedes. "This does not work and harm the environment. The insecticide pollutes bodies of water. It has no biological effect against dengue. When you use the fogging to kill mosquitoes, you also kill the spider," he explains.
The doctor warned that, given the lack of predators, the mosquitoes became the top of the food chain, a major environmental imbalance. For him, public health in Brazil lacks founded criticism. "Today the country spends millions of real strategies that do not work (...) The more you use pesticides, most are aggravating the situation of dengue, because we're eliminating not only mosquitoes, but their predators," he criticizes.
But he praises the scientific initiatives, such as sterile GM mosquitoes were released in a test phase in São Paulo. Once released, the female fertile male DNA changed to produce infertile eggs, preventing the birth of new mosquitoes. "Now that's science, it is effective for real. We should invest in technologies such" proposes.