US EditionDengue Mosquito in Chile: How to Recognize It and What to Do to Prevent Breeding Sites
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The Ministry of Health confirmed the detection of the Aedes aegypti mosquito in warehouses of Santiago Airport. The species can transmit dengue, zika, chikungunya and yellow fever. The head of Zoonosis and Vector Control of Minsal, Barbara Hott, explained that this zancudo has particular characteristics with which they can be identified. Hott detailed that it is a zancudo “black, dark and has white stripes”. He added that it usually lives close …
The insect was found in the cellars of Santiago Airport, so a health alert was already activated between Arica and Los Lagos.
An unprecedented finding took place in one of the warehouses of Arturo Merino Benítez Airport, where the presence of a specimen of Aedes aegypti was confirmed.This insect is recognized as the main vector of diseases of global concern such as dengue, zika, chikungunya and yellow fever.Extreme surveillance [...] The entry What is known about the dangerous mosquito detected at Santiago airport was first published in Desenfoque.cl.
During a health inspection carried out at the General Cemetery of Pisco, health personnel detected the presence of various larvae breeding sites of the dengue sender, which showed a latent risk to public health.The findings were recorded mainly in areas where containers and objects were accumulated in disuse with stagnant water.Venector proliferationThe intervention was carried out by the San Juan de Dios Health Center, in coordination with the …
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