DISEASES
It's becoming a plague around the world! "Mosquitoes are here to
stay". But in our intense effort to prevent the attack of these insects, We not only
offer solutions like the Lentek's Mosquito
Traps equipment, but we also want to share
with you, information that we have searched on -and may allow you to understand the
reality of the transmittable diseases caused by them.
Some of these mosquito diseases are:Dengue Fever: It's transmitted by the Aedes aegypti, a day-biting mosquito that prefers to feed on humans.
Transmitted also by the so
called "tiger mosquito" Aedes
albopictus, the Dengue Fever can
cause to suffer on those infected with it, symptoms and illnesses that range from viral
flu to fatal hemorrhage fever (DHF).
It's specially dangerous to children. Generally kids have one infection, but
if bitten again , they can get a more serious infection that can lead to dengue hemorrhage
fever (DHF) causing internal bleeding and circulatory collapse.
Even though, Dengue was relatively unknown in the Western Hemisphere 'till
the '70s, is becoming a plague of global proportions and may expose malaria as
the most significant mosquito disease affecting humans.
Encephalitis: It
has various forms. Among them we find Western Equine, La Crosse and West
Nile. This last one, recently discovered in the Northeast is endemic to the United
States and increasing in incidence.
Another one, the Eastern Equine Encephalitis has a 30 to 60 percent
mortality rate once it has been contracted. Although extremely rare. the damage can also
be extreme by attacking the central nervous system to those that survive the illness. Eastern
Equine may be transmitted by some mosquitoes known as "bridge vectors"
which is a specie that transmits a disease from one host to another. Among the symptoms
this illness produce, we find high fever, stiff neck, headache, confusion and lethargy.
Rhode Island has confirmed five cases of EEE with two deaths in the last
thirteen years.
Malaria: Caused by a parasite that is transmitted from person to
person by the bite of an Anopheles. These mosquitoes bite during the
night and are active in almost all countries in the tropics and subtropics. Malaria in its
early stages resemble symptoms similar to the flu plus muscle ache and malaise. These
symptoms can develop 6-8 days after being bitten by an infected mosquito or as late as
several months after the traveler has left the area.
A study estimates that 40% of the world's population is at risk for malaria.
It is estimated that worldwide, malaria claims over one million lives annually. (World
Health Organization 1989) |
