Essay On Mosquitoes

Controlling mosquitoes is of utmost importance in the present-day scenario with rising number of mosquito-borne diseases like dengue, Chikungunya, Japanese encephalitis, malaria, Zika virus, and filariasis. In fact, an alarming increase in the range of mosquitoes is mainly due to deforestation, industrialized farming, and stagnant water. Moreover, mosquitoes are familiar pests in the Philippines, the danger and sickness mosquitoes carry are many, they may be minuscule, however, they’re obnoxious and not to mention dangerous. Just one bite can transmit numerous diseases which can cause fever, headache, flu symptoms, muscle ache, body pain and also death. According to the World Health Organization (2014), mosquitoes are vectors for diseases and infect over 300 million people a

Vector-borne diseases that mosquitoes carry affect urban, peri-urban, and rural communities but thrive predominantly among communities with poor living conditions – particularly lack of access to adequate housing, safe drinking water, and sanitation. Moreover, malnourished people and those with weakened immunity are especially vulnerable meaning, mosquitoes exacerbate poverty while the Philippines is currently a poverty-stricken country as according to Yap (2016), more than 26 million Filipinos are poor, with about 12 million people are living in extreme poverty. Thus, affordable products like mosquito repellents for combating mosquitoes are needed in order to control the irritating mosquitoes and lessen poverty in the country as treatments and medicines from mosquito-borne diseases are expensive and exacerbates poverty and further weaken those who are already malnourished. The products used for controlling mosquitoes varies in degrees of effectiveness. Carbon-dioxide and lactic acid present in sweat in warm-blooded animals act as an attractive substance for