Flea Zapper

In medicine, the mosquitoes are perhaps the greatest scourge of the insect. In much of the world, mosquitoes are the number one public health hazard, since it is estimated that they transmit disease to more than 69 million people each year. They are a common pest in almost all corners of the world because they have evolved to adapt to almost any climatic condition and.

But there is one piece of good news: AIDS is among the diseases they do not transmit. HIV is uniquely human body fluids, it needs blood, sexual fluids or breast milk to live. It is a disease of the list, but a little good when the mosquito is able to give you an amazing range of other diseases, infections and parasites.

Diseases transmitted by mosquitoes are most often zoonotic variety. "Zoonosis" means an illness can be transmitted across multiple species, rather than being limited to a single species. Mosquitoes rub fleas, ticks, lice and other parasites sucking blood as more practical methods of the nature of the disease from one port to another creature. It could be argued that if there was no blood-sucking vermin, there would be no such thing as a disease zooanotic!

The get the most attention currently in the United States is the West Nile virus. Almost anything with the hot blood seems to be able to play host to West Nile virus. It is preferred hosts are birds, but it is transmissible to humans, horses, dogs, cats, bats, chipmunks, skunks, squirrels and rabbits, and we'll probably see more before the story is over . And of course, the main carriers of West Nile virus or mosquitoes. West Nile Virus, like HIV, no human vaccine known at this time. It was discovered in Uganda in 1937 and first appeared in North America in the year 1999. An interesting fact is that crows are particularly susceptible to it, and if the sudden death of several crows in an area is a sign that there might be a local West Nile epidemic. Thus, crows serve as a sort of "canary in a coal mine" warning of an outbreak of West Nile virus.

The list of diseases other than you can take it from a mosquito bite seems to last forever. Take a deep breath and get ready to say, yellow fever, dengue fever, epidemic polyarthritis, Rift Valley fever, Ross River fever, and do not forget to mention malaria. Malaria, a historically dangerous threat to the human population has always been related to mosquitoes. An epidemic history in particular, was the project of the Panama Canal, which had problems with an outbreak of malaria. This single incident contributed to the 27,000 deaths associated with this project.

Now here is a fact that should be placed on the final exam: What is the link between mosquitoes and elephantiasis? Lymphatic filariasis, the parasite is transmitted by mosquito bites as well. This infection is particularly limited in the tropics, and causes symptoms reminiscent of the famous man "Elephant", although the disease is affecting the Elephant Man was something different.

The threat posed by mosquitoes to humans drama has led to all kinds of draconian measures to avert them. Things that work are mosquito nets, repellents containing the chemical (N, N-diethyl-m-toluamide) DEET treated clothing with permethrin repellent and citronella candles and torches. Now that we've taken care of what works, what follows is a list of urban legends to repel mosquitoes, which certainly does not work. If you catch a patient based on one of these methods, informing them that he was bunk.

Ultrasonic: They do not work, not only for mosquitoes, but no push at all. There is absolutely no scientific evidence anywhere to show that every living being on Earth always avoids the source of ultrasonic noise. The environment of the United States.