• Submitted by: Luis Manuel Mazorra
• Health and Medicine
• 11 / 14 / 2011

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The transmitter of dengue vector, Aedes aegypti mosquito, breeds in stagnant clean water, a fact that has facilitated their existence in our island. This invader who tend to live in our homes takes advantage of the carelessness of us humans, we must take action to combat and eradicate it. Without resorting to chemicals can perform simple task that will enable to eliminate breeding sites.

What is difficult, if not impossible, is to find ways to transfer responsibility to the community, the ability and motivation to prevent vector breeding as harmful to human health and our lives. And in that purpose the mass media can play an important role.

If we eliminate the breeding places at home, contribute decisively to the eradication of this mosquito. It's basically a problem of domestic sanitation.

Let us note, to remember some of their customs, the Aedes aegypti feeds on flowers, the mosquito blood. The female, after 48 hours of chopping, for the male to copulate. It has a survival rate of two to three weeks, and during that time has the ability to put about 300 eggs on any deposits can accumulate water and eggs in a moist environment can live up to one year.

Improved hygiene habits and behavior at home is essential for sustainability and success of a systematic battle to eradicate the "family" and dangerous mosquito.