Mosquito is a pest. In summer, everyone hates mosquitoes everywhere. Such a small flying insect is actually the disseminator of more than 80 infectious diseases. Many of these diseases are viral infections.
1. Japanese encephalitis: The main epidemic areas are in the Far East and Southeast Asia of Asia, with the highest incidence in South China, North China and Northeast China in July, August and September. Japanese encephalitis is caused by virus infection, which will cause regional epidemic after being spread by mosquitoes. However, there are vaccines to prevent Japanese encephalitis.
2. Dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever: Dengue virus infection can cause dengue fever, with fever, rash, severe pain in muscles and joints, swollen lymph nodes and leukopenia as the main manifestations, mainly distributed in the southern coastal areas of China, mostly south of the Yangtze River.
3. Yellow fever: It is an acute infectious disease caused by yellow fever virus. It is spread by Aedes mosquitoes and is mainly prevalent in Africa and Central and South America. After being infected, the patient developed symptoms such as fever, severe headache, jaundice, bleeding and proteinuria.
4. Malaria: transmitted by Anopheles, it is an infectious disease caused by plasmodium. It is common in summer, occurs in the Yangtze River basin and its south, and can spread all over the country, including vivax malaria, vivax malaria and falciparum malaria.
5. Zika disease caused by Zika virus infection transmitted by mosquitoes will break out. After this virus infection, the symptoms may be mild, including fever, joint or muscle pain, red eye or rash. However, severe infection can lead to Guillain-Barre syndrome and congenital microcephaly.
Therefore, we must pay attention to mosquito prevention in summer, and we can use mosquito repellent spray. Away from stagnant water; Use mosquito nets and screens. Mosquito bites must be effectively disinfected, and do not go to areas with epidemics to prevent infection.