Experts are warning that a dengue fever outbreak in Latin America and the Caribbean could grow after 4.7 million people have already been infected this year, a higher number of cases than in all of 2023. The disease has exploded due to heavy precipitation from El Niño and climate change creating conditions in which mosquitoes that carry the virus thrive. PBS News has more about the disease and how to keep yourself safe.
#Dengue fever on the rise:
"Not only is the number of new infections steadily rising around the world, but outbreaks are becoming larger and less predictable.
All #mosquitos need water to breed, but another thing that has helped in its migration is its ability to use even the smallest of #water containers to do so, something as small as a discarded plastic bottle cap will do."
Looks like some editing required here: "Dengue (DENG-gey) fever is a mosquito-borne illness that occurs in tropical and subtropical areas of the world... Dengue fever is most common in Southeast Asia, the western Pacific islands, Latin America and Africa. But the disease has been spreading to new areas, including local outbreaks in Europe and southern parts of the United States." #dengue#fever#tropical#mosquitoshttps://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/dengue-fever/symptoms-causes/syc-20353078
Honduras: For decades, preventing dengue fever in Honduras has meant teaching people to fear mosquitoes and avoid their bites. Now, scientists found a potentially more effective way to control the disease — breeding special mosquitoes to fight dengue....
Giving thanks to all the #spiders who have made my front porch home, and are successfully feasting on #mosquitos. I appreciate spiders! (as long as they're not black widows where I intend to sit...)
Darn Aedes #mosquitos in the back literally making my blood pressure rise. (fixed after taking an anti-histamine!!!) -- serves me right for going out there without long pants (they like ankles). #allergies#bugbites
AHA! Found the #Aedes#mosquitos... they somehow are small enough to wriggle through hydroton in my #hydroponics bins. Floating BT has been added to every bin now, and the worst offenders dumped and refilled (nothing like opening the lid and having a dozen mosquitos happy to see your legs!) :-(
West Nile Virus was detected in a mosquito pool in South Boston, according to the Boston Public Health Commission. The best way to avoid the virus is to avoid mosquito bites.
Two more cases of locally acquired malaria have been reported in Florida, bringing the nationwide total to seven. While malaria isn’t unheard of in the US, these are the first known cases of the mosquito-borne disease being contracted within its borders in 20 years. Read more about your risk of getting it, and why experts say it could become more common.
Live action shot of me standing on Mount BunMum. It is rainy, 🌧️ freezing 🧊 (heat is on), windy 🌬️, hail-battered from Saturday AND intermittently smoky outside from forest fires 🔥 🌫️, so this is a very good place to be on holiday Monday.💙 -Skye #SkyeLove
No, this is not about anyone's sex life. It's about #mosquitoes.
Female mosquitos bite, males don't.
The "Sterile Insect Male" technique consists on raising and librating large numbers of sterile males. They will mate with the females. Their offspring will be sterile. As a consequence, the populations will drop.
This is a way to combat the #TigerMosquito (Aedes albopictus).
Special mosquitoes being bred to fight dengue in Honduras (mmnews.tv)
Honduras: For decades, preventing dengue fever in Honduras has meant teaching people to fear mosquitoes and avoid their bites. Now, scientists found a potentially more effective way to control the disease — breeding special mosquitoes to fight dengue....
West Nile Virus detected in South Boston mosquito pool (www.boston.com)
West Nile Virus was detected in a mosquito pool in South Boston, according to the Boston Public Health Commission. The best way to avoid the virus is to avoid mosquito bites.
The mosquito era: As the world warms, these insects are thriving -- and bringing disease | CNN (www.cnn.com)
There are very few winners in the climate crisis, but scientists are pretty sure there’s going to be at least one: Mosquitoes.