In a town in the province of Forlì, Gatteo, the security protocol was activated. A man contracted Dengue fever.
The AUSL of Emilia Romagna has issued the notice communicating to all the security departments to intervene e disinfest an area of 100 meters. The cause, the detection in a man who contracted Dengue. He was back from a Trip abroad. Now the situation is under control but other cases are feared.
The Dengue fever is not spread from human to humanbut it contracts due to the bite of a particular mosquito, of the species Aedes. This disease causes serious health problems around the worldespecially in parts of South America, Asia and Africa.
Fortunately, in Italy we do not have an endemic situation but lately the reproductions of some types of mosquito are observed that could infect with other diseases. An example is that of Tiger mosquitowhich gives little chance of Dengue but which is capable of transmitting the Chikungunya.
What is Dengue fever and what are the symptoms to watch out for
Although you can check rarelyit is good to know how Dengue manifests itself. This disease is also called “bone breaker” and it is easy to imagine why. Whoever is affected presents very high fever, skin rashes, vomiting and diarrhea, eye discomfort and severe pain in the limbs.
Il patient returned to his home a Forlìafter having accused illness he was taken into care and is now in no danger of his life. But the Ausl has activated the security protocol and has arranged the disinfestation in an area of at least 100 meters around where he stayed. The procedure will be carried out for three consecutive days.
This is indeed the only way – as Dr. Crisanti explains in an interview with beraking latest news – to avoid the spread of mosquitoes which carry the virus. The focus is not only on the mosquitoes that infect with Dengue. In fact, Crisanti always explains, “If it is true that in Italy we have never had episodes of endogenous transmission of Dengue, it must be said that in Europe there was an important epidemic in the past years in Madeira, Portugal, which lasted quite a bit, it took 4- 5 years to get out of it “.
So now all attention is paid to preventing other casesand hope that higher and higher temperatures combined with humidity do not make it reproduce mosquitoes potentially dangerous for our health.