An insect carrying dengue fever which leaves folks struggling extreme muscle spasms and joint ache is feared to be heading to the UK.
As a response, mosquito traps are being put in throughout the south of England to counter the rising unfold of the illness, also called “breakbone fever”.
Dr Jolyon Medlock, Head of Medical Entomology at UKHSA, instructed the Telegraph that traps are being set and can hopefully be in operation by Spring subsequent yr. “We’re expanding as the threat increases. In the last two years, there have been an increasing number of cases of dengue in Europe,” the physician mentioned.
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“It’s all about ensuring we’re using the right traps in the right place.”
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UKHSA is now putting in traps in ports, service stations and truck stops to cease the bugs making their method into the nation in delivery containers or cargo. Officials are additionally being skilled in how one can spot mozzies.
Asian tiger mosquitoes have been confirmed to be in as many as 30 nations, together with a number of dotted round Europe. The tiny predators are identified to hold a number of ailments in addition to dengue, together with Zika, yellow fever and chikungunya fever.
The creatures have been first seen in France within the South japanese metropolis of Nice in 2004, and the pests have slowly been making their method north. Rising temperatures imply the small bugs may quickly settle on this nation.
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A British lady was contaminated with dengue throughout a vacation to Nice, within the South of France, in September 2022. The 44-year-old visited A&E after she started experiencing a fever, headache, muscle ache and a rash for 3 days, however didn’t require additional medical therapy.
Between the busy vacation season of June and September 2022, three separate outbreaks of dengue virus transmission have been reported by the Agence Regionale de Santé (ARS). These instances have been recognized in France amongst sufferers who had not travelled overseas.
Dr Owain Donnelly, from the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in London, mentioned again in May: “This individual was part of an outbreak of over 30 locally transmitted cases in the south of France in 2022, which highlights the rapidly changing epidemiology of dengue.
“With climate change, particularly hotter temperatures and more rainfall, and increasing global trade and tourism, we may see more parts of Europe with the right combination of factors for dengue outbreaks.
“Surveillance and reporting mechanisms are important in ensuring we have an accurate understanding of dengue spread.”
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