Safe Strategy to Control Mosquito: The Potential of Bacillus thuringiensis Isolated Indigenously from East Java as a Natural Agents of Mosquito: Aedes aegypti

Mosquitoes are insect vectors responsible for the transmission of many diseases. Mosquitoes cause more human sufferings than any other organism; over one million people worldwide die from mosquitoborne diseases every year. Mosquito borne diseases include malaria, filariasis, yellow fever, chikungunya and dengue fever cause extensive morbidity and mortality and are a major economic burden within disease-endemic countries (Boutayeb, 2006; Poopathi and Abidha, 2010; Nareshkumar et al., 2012). Aedes aegypty (L.) is the main dengue vector worldwide because of its close association with humans in tropical and sub-tropical urbanized areas (Jansen and Beebe, 2010; Cox et al., 2007). The Aedes aegypti mosquito, the principal vector for DHF, which is considered the most pressing vector-borne viral disease in the world, is particularly susceptible to climate variability and climatic change. These mosquitoes are well adapted to urban environment and successfully breed in containers where water is allowed to accumulated, such as discarded can, bottles, plastic containers and tires. The ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 3 Number 2 (2014) pp. 179-197 http://www.ijcmas.com