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Transmission Patterns of Infectious Diseases Change

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A mosquito larvae monitoring group member examines a residents\' bath tub in RW VIII, Wonokromo village, Wonokromo district, Surabaya, East Java, Friday (1/2/2019). A total of 23,000 larvae monitoring group members are working to check mosquito larvae in houses to prevent residents from being infected with dengue fever.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS – Global warming has contributed to changing patterns in the transmission of infectious diseases, especially those spread by insect vectors like mosquitoes. This change has also begun to appear in Indonesia, although data on it is still limited.

"Climate change has triggered increased mosquito activity. Warmer temperatures make mosquitoes more active. Global warming has caused warming temperatures in areas that previously did not support the mosquito breeding cycle, so mosquitoes are now breeding more quickly," Tedjo Sasmono, the dengue laboratory head at the Eijkman Molecular Biology Institute, said in Jakarta on Wednesday.

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