Chasse au moustique-tigre dans le Sud de la France, chikungunya
Post date: Jun 07, 2010 5:46:28 PM
Dengue mosquito world wide on record high due to climate change, global warming: France, Italy, India, U.S. :
source: nicematin.com | leparisien.fr
Climate change hits France:
Tiger Mosquitos entered Southern France
with the potential to distribute
Dengue fever and "chikungunya",
West Nile River virus.....
The area under surveillance
Marseille and the Camargue.
The Tiger mosquito with long legs
may be without harm. However one
infected person arrives at the Airport
or by ship and gets bitten, can transmit
the infection to a village, what happened
in Italy.
Related: India same development
New disease grips villages
TNN, Jun 6, 2010,
KARWAR: A new disease is soon spreading in Honnavar taluk, which had faced the worst form of Chikungunya during last year. Villages that are being affected now are Allanki, Gundibail, Kavalakki, Geruspoppa, Kharva and Samshi.
"At least two persons from each family in these villages are affected by the new disease," said Raghavendra Naik, a social worker, who is helping people get admitted to the hospital.
Symptom of this disease is quite different from chikungunya. Initially, the patient started shivering and then it's followed by high fever. Following which, the patient will undergo intolerable pain. Many patients who are now affected by this disease stated that they were victims of chikungunya as well. Usha said, "The fever is either caused by dengue or Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD).
source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Venice Italy wants to attract mosquito-eating bats
SANTÉ. 7-6-2010
Alerte au moustique-tigre
Pour la première fois, le moustique-tigre, qui propage des maladies tropicales graves, a été détecté à Marseille.
C’est une espèce particulièrement nuisible capable dans certaines conditions de transmettre des maladies comme le chikungunya (lire encadré) ou la dengue (NDLR : maladie infectieuse parfois mortelle) », indique la Direction générale de la santé.
Ce moustique-tigre (ainsi appelé en raison des rayures sur son abdomen) est également présent depuis quelques années dans les départements des Alpes-Maritimes, de Corse et du Var.
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MOUSTIQUES
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ROME — Venice wants its citizens to attract bats in a bid to battle a tiger mosquito infestation in the lagoon city.Officials on Tuesday launched a campaign urging Venetians to buy or build "bat boxes" and install them high in trees or on the side of exterior walls of homes.
Venice officials say each bat could devour some 3,000 mosquitoes a night and could combat the insects especially on the Lido, where accumulations of rainwater in gardens and other greenery serve as breeding grounds.
Tiger mosquito bites can leave itchy, swollen welts, and the insects can spread diseases such as chikungunya fever.
Dengue fever returns to U.S.
June 3, 2010 Dengue mosquito
One theory, he said, is that there has been a significant rise in travel between the U.S. and the Caribbean and South and Central America – areas that have collectively seen around five million cases of dengue between 2000 and 2007. Another theory, Gregory told newscientist.com, is that infected mosquitoes may be migrating northward due to global warming.
http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/news/213289-dengue-fever-returns-to-us
Mosquito-borne Diseases in Florida
http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Environment/medicine/arboviral/index.html
