Fiery weather no more a sanctuary for virus
By SYED JAFAR ASKARI September 15, 2008 KARACHI - Present scorching weather will help government to control over the epidemic-like situation of the dengue fever in the metropolis as the breeding of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, causing fatal dengue fever, are cut short in over 30 degree centigrade.
Talking to The Nation, Prof Dr Syed Jamil Hasan Kazmi, an expert in mosquito species and Chairman Geography Department, Karachi University, said that less than 50 per cent humidity also help in declining the growth of the said type of mosquitoes.
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