中文注释:在加尔各答的一条胡同里,一名男子正在因染布而变成紫色的水中行走。这种死水会孳生大量的疟蚊。虽然在半个世纪前,在北方的温带地区通过喷洒DDT和排干沼泽的办法已经消灭了疟疾,但其在亚洲潮湿的热带地区却仍根深蒂固。季风降雨以及排水不畅,使得这种疾病仍在印度的许多城市中肆虐。作者: John Stanmeyer
小巷 印度 图片故事:高清壁纸:英文注释:Flooded Alley, India, 2007A man sloshes through a Kolkata (Calcutta) alley full of water turned purple from dying clothes. Standing water like this gives malarial mosquitoes the perfect place to breed. Pushed out of northern temperate zones by DDT spraying and the draining of wetlands half a century ago, malaria remains entrenched in the humid tropics of Asia. Monsoon rains and poor drainage enable the disease to thrive in many Indian cities. (Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Malaria: Bedlam in the Blood," July 2007, National Geographic magazine) 随机推荐: |
