Prevent the Dengue Mosquito From Breeding

Below article on how to prevent the dengue mosquito from breeding.

The Aedes aegypti, commonly called yellow fever mosquito, dengue and causes the most deadly infection, dengue hemorrhagic fever. Materialize dengue fever, dengue hemorrhagic fever as first signs, headache, nausea, vomiting and muscle pain. Stages of infection are able to lead by the nose and mouth, drowsiness and shock from bleeding to death. To prevent the breeding success of Aedes aegypti women, should be apartments, which are conducive to the reproduction is completed. The eggs can develop around your home, usually in containers of water. It can grow up to 10 days for larvae to adults.

#1

Overturn containers that collect water, as recommended by the National Environment Agency. Avoid allowing water to accumulate in outdoor containers.

# 2
Kill larvae before they become adults.
Use BTI Briquets for outdoor applications to kill mosquito larvae, recommends the Armed Forces Pest Management Board. The briquets contain Bacillus thuringiensis, an incecticide. Place the BTI Briquets in bird baths, ponds and other areas where water can't be changed on a daily basis.

# 3
Avoid stagnant water in your flowering pots.

Clean the water in your flower pots. Avoid letting the water stagnate, to prevent the female from laying her eggs. Occasionally stir the soil in your plotted plants to keep water from sitting on the surface. Cleanse any flower pot plates with a scrub brush to remove any potential eggs.

# 4
Don't develop breeding grounds.

Clear debris from your roof gutters. Leaves and twigs in your gutter can allow water to accumulate, creating an optimal breeding ground for the female.

# 5
Remove sources of breeding grounds.

Remove any clutter than can hold water, says The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture. Items can include buckets and tires.

# 6
Take precaution indoors.

Change the water in your vases daily. Rinse the roots of your flowers underneath running water to remove eggs. Wash the inside of your vase thoroughly after use.

Controlling Dengue Disease

Today's article about controlling dengue disease.

Enshrouded in the sex life of a mosquito is a world of intricacies that may reveal the key to controlling diseases such West Nile virus and dengue fever.

Researchers at Cornell University have uncovered a chemical ballet that takes place between aedes aegypti mosquitoes during sex. The study, published today in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, found that more than 100 proteins in male sperm permanently alter a female’s tendencies to feed, produce eggs and mate.

The paper’s lead author, Laura Sirot, a research associate at Cornell, did the work in the labs of co-authors Mariana Wolfner, professor of molecular biology and genetics, and Laura Harrington, associate professor of entomology. Sirot, now a assistant professor at the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio, also worked with José Ribeiro at the National Institutes of Health.

While previous research by this team identified some reproductive proteins produced in male mosquitoes, “this is the first study to identify the male proteins that are actually transferred to the female” during mating, said Wolfner.

By isolating these proteins, researchers said they may one day develop a birth control approach for female mosquitoes that spread the dengue, yellow fever and West Nile viruses. There is currently no effective treatment for dengue fever, a potentially lethal infection that affects millions of people each year.

The researchers found 93 seminal fluid proteins and 52 sperm proteins in the females. Eventually, researchers might be able to use these proteins to develop innovative mosquito control strategies, such as reducing egg production and curbing the female’s appetite for blood, which could ultimately reduce the spread of mosquito-borne, life-threatening illnesses.

“This is an exciting new avenue for identifying ultimate targets to reduce mosquito vector populations,” said Harrington. “Ultimately, we plan to select the most promising candidate proteins as chemical targets or as a focus for the development of other methods for vector control.”

Next, the team will determine which proteins have major effects on the female’s physiology. In the lab, they plan to generate mosquitoes that fail to make each of these proteins, mate those males with females and observe whether the females’ responses are perturbed.

“By distinguishing between male-derived and female-derived proteins within the female reproductive tract, we can begin to determine which male-derived proteins affect the behavior and physiology of the females, and how they do it,” said Sirot, now an assistant professor of biology at the College of Wooster.

The study was funded by the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases within the National Institutes of Health, and from Hatch funds to Harrington and Wolfner.

Increase in Dengue Deaths

Below about the incresing death of dengue mostly in Colombo.

Statistically, had caused 24 deaths from dengue fever have been recorded in the last two months of this year. Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health said the number of deaths were from the district of Colombo.

They said there were 767 confirmed cases of dengue fever and 10 deaths. Four deaths were reported from the district of Puttalam and Ratnapura districts and two deaths from Jaffna. One death was reported by each Gampaha, Kandy, Matara, Batticaloa, Trincomalee and Anuradhapura districts.

In January this year 905 cases of dengue were reported islandwide and in February 1031cases. The number of dengue patients reported from February 25 to March 4 was 223 and the number of people killed five.

However, said a senior official of the unit of epidemiology, was confident that the number of patients would fall in coming months.

Meanwhile, in 1220 the positive cases of leptospirosis (rat fever), for the last 70 days a year and eleven of them died. Most of the deaths was reported from the district of Matara. Three of the 32 patients died in Matara. The number of confirmed cases of fever reported from Polonnaruwa District Council has 27 and the number of people killed two. One death was reported by each Gampaha, Kandy, Matale, Hambantota, Batticaloa and Kegalle districts. The number of patients was reported by 562 of Kurunegala district, but no deaths were reported by the district.

Prevention of Dengue with Homeopathy

It's about preventing dengue with homeopathy.

Dengue fever usually affects people living in tropical regions and it manifests with a sudden episode of high fever.
It has no mortality, have a self limiting course and the patient usually recovers within five to seven days.

The symptoms of Classical dengue fever ;

· Sudden onset with chills and high fever raised from 102 to 105 degree and continued about 3-5 days,
· Intense headache(retro-orbital),
· Severe muscle and backbone pain,
· Vomiting, tastelessness, weakness, dry tongue, constipation,
· Reddish eye, and oedoma on face.

The fever lasts for 5-7 days after which the recovery is usually complete. The chance of fatality is very low.


Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever :It is a more serious form of Dengue fever caused by infection of double Dengue virus and affects a small proportion of patients who are affected by dengue fever.

The clinical manifestations are:
· Fever-acute onset-continues-lasting for 2-7 days;
· Liver enlargement and tenderness. Pain feels at pressure on liver.
· Nausea and vomiting, abdomen pain,
· Severe pain on whole body especially in backbone and joints.
· Haemorrage- Bleeding under skin.-Bleeding from nose.-Gum bleeding.-Blood in vomiting.-Blood in stool

Homoeopathic management

Simple Dengue fever The most useful medicines for this type of dengue fever are Arsenic album, Bryonia, Eupatorium perfoliatum, Gelsemium, and Rhus toxicodendron

Dengue Haemorrhagic fever (DHF) can be treated with Crotalus horridus, Ferrum metallcum, Hamamelis, Ipecac, Lachesis and Secale-cor . .

These medicines can be safely used in every patient preferably 30 or 200 potency as per the indications and should be taken strictly under the supervision of qualified homeopathic doctors.

Regular monitoring of patients platelet count and leucocytes count is to be maintained

Preventive for Dengue in Homeopathy
Simple Dengue Fever (DF)

Eupatorium perfoliatum 200 can be taken twice daily for three days and subsequently at least two doses a week at the interval of three - four day till the epidemic persist for the prevention of dengue fever.

Dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF)

Ipecac in 200 potency can be given twice a day for three days and two doses a week in all the patients those who have already suffered with the dengue fever and are prone for dengue haemorrhagic fever.

These medicines are safe without any side effects, but it is always better if these are used in consultation with the nearest qualified homoeopathic doctor.

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Second Case of Dengue Fever Confirmed in Miami-Dade

Article about dengue fever case.

A second case of locally acquired dengue fever has been confirmed, the Miami-Dade County Health Department said Wednesday.

Dengue fever is a painful but seldom fatal viral disease transmitted by infected mosquitoes. The person who contracted the illness has fully recovered, the health department said. The first locally acquired case in the county in 50 years was confirmed in November.

Symptoms include high fever, severe headache, pain behind the eyes, joint and bone pain, and nausea. It is not transmitted person to person.

The health department urged area residents to cover up when mosquitoes are active, use mosquito repellant, get rid of standing water where mosquitoes breed and fasten screens on windows.

Read more: miamiherald

Awareness About Dengue Infection

Today's talks about MCD to create awareness about dengue infection.

New Delhi, Feb 28 (PTI) The MCD will take measures to stop mosquito breeding and spread awareness about dengue infection.Instead of starting the work in May, domestic breeding checkers will begin their work from April 1 this year. This has been done keeping in mind the 6,229 people who contracted dengue from infected mosquitoes last year, an MCD official said."The number of people infected last year was gigantic.So many people got the infection because of the existence of a the dengue virus in a large population of aedes mosquitoes.Since there is a vertical transmission of the virus, transmission from mosquitoes to eggs, so there is a possibility that the family of the infected mosquitoes breeding this year is big too."That is why the DBC cum property tax checkers will start work from April 1 this year. They will spread awareness about the disease and check for mosquito breeding," an MCD official said.

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Sandakan Records Highest Dengue Cases

These article about dengue cases in Sandakan, Sabah.

Sandakan recorded the highest number of dengue cases in the state last year due to the lack of awareness and knowledge about dengue prevention in the community, said Gum-Gum assemblyman Datuk Zakaria Hj Edris.

“The Ministry of Health through the Area Health Office and local hospitals promote health awareness as the main focus for early detection and control of dengue,” he said during the launching of Combi and ‘Jom Ganyang Aedes’ for Sandakan district level at Ulu Dusun Hall, yesterday.

He said, the Combi programme or Communication for Behavioural Change, aims to strengthen the community’s role in the prevention and control of infectious diseases.

“Infectious diseases are usually associated with human behaviour, including dengue fever,” he said.

The Jom Ganyang Aedes programme is a collaborative programme that encourages communities to take action in order to eliminate the breeding places of Aedes mosquitoes in or outside the home.

He said, the programme was to increase the community’s understanding towards the dangers and learn to eliminate the breeding of Aedes.

If one is found to be breeding the Aedes mosquitoes in the house or premises, one can be convicted under the Destruction of Disease-Bearing Insects Act 1975 which carries a minimum compound of RM500, and if one fails to pay within 14 days, a fine of RM10,000 can be charge, in default two years’ jail.

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Dengue Fever Seen Growing

Talks about dengue.

Dengue fever outbreaks are now a major threat to global public health, the World Health Organization says. WHO say the number of cases of the disease has more than doubled in the last 10 years, and unless countries act quickly it will only get worse, the BBC reported.

Two-fifths of the world's population are at risk of the disease, with the majority living in the Asia Pacific region, health experts say.

A serious flu-like illness that is transmitted by mosquitoes, dengue can develop into dengue hemorrhagic fever, which can be fatal.

Outbreaks in the Western Pacific region as well as cases recorded in previously unaffected areas show that action must be taken without delay, WHO says.

"National resources need to be mobilized to sustain dengue prevention and control, and the disease's profile needs to be raised on the global health agenda to stimulate the interest of international agencies and donors," Dr. Shin Young-soo, WHO regional director for the Western Pacific, said.

"The fight against this disease is everybody's problem," he said.

Dengue still prevalent in Karachi

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Health facilities are yielding no fruit in the metropolis as dozens of patients suspected with dengue fever are being reported in different clinics and OPD sections of various hospitals.

Health experts have warned citizens to strictly take preventive measures especially against the dengue fever, which can be transmitted by the bite of an Aedes mosquito infected with any one of the four dengue viruses.

In-charge Provincial Dengue Surveillance Cell Dr Shakil Malik told TheNation that from January 1, 2010 to date, as many as 1758 dengue suspected patients are reported in the whole province, out of which 852 are found positive.

He said, “In the megalopolis, more than 700 suspected cases were been reported during the same time period, which shows the level of prevalence of the disease in the city.

Fortunately, the disease has claimed lives of only five patients this year. More than 70 patients are admitted in various public and private health facilities, including Civil Hospital Karachi, Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Aga Khan Hospital, Anklesaria Hospital, Ziauddin Hospital, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center Hospital, Qatar Hospital, Sindh Government Hospital Saudaabad, LNH, NIBD, Karachi Adventist, Kutyna Memon Hospital, Fatima Bai Hospital, Patel General Hospital, OMI Hospital, Holy Family Hospital, OT Hospital etc.”

A renowned expert in mosquito species, Prof Dr Jamil Hasan Kazmi of Karachi University, while talking to TheNation on Sunday, said that the torrential rains have created new breeding points in shape of pools. He said that the temperature between 22 to 30 degree centigrade helps in the breeding of mosquitoes.

Talking about the global burden of dengue, he said, “The incidence of dengue has grown dramatically around the world in recent decades. Some 2.5 billion people, two fifths of the world’s population, are now at the risk from dengue. According to WHO’s fresh estimates, there may be 50 million dengue infections worldwide every year. In 2007 alone, there were more than 890000 reported cases of dengue in the Americas, of which 26000 cases were DHF.

Two Horses Catch Mosquito

Above some info about it.

Days after St. Johns County warning of possible mosquito-borne illnesses to animals and humans, Clay County health officials reported that two horses have tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis.

Encephalitis, along with West Nile virus and dengue fever, are spread by mosquitoes -- which are prevalent across the area due to hot weather and standing water left by summer rain storms, which are where the insects are hatched.

Clay County Mosquito Control and the Clay County Health Department continue surveillance and prevention efforts. Residents and visitors are encouraged to take basic precautions to help limit exposure to mosquitoes.

Jacksonville Mosquito Control officials told Channel 4 earlier in the week that the peak season for mosquitoes is just arriving.

"We're trying to stay ahead of the game and to prevent an outbreak or the spread of disease," Clark said.

Dengue Fever Return

Here’s info about dengue fever.

When the rains come, unless the fee we received from the pleu but it will cause many diseases such as foot Hong Kong, cold and dengue fever is a deadly disease and come again and again every year.
Dengue fever can occur throughout the year, but dispersed in the rainy season during May September. When the mosquito bites and dengue virus in the blood, bacteria will grow in the membrane of the stomach and spread to glands lenfatik the mosquito is ready to spread out to people who have mordu.
Virus causes dengue fever. Most virtual germs cause dengue, which has four types and the common house mosquito is a carrier of disease germs. the virus can live in the mosquito life. period for mosquitoes feed during the day, but at this researchers found steps mosquito behavior is changing food until 23:00.

We found all age of people can have a Dengue fever but most found in children age between 5-10 years. At the first period after bitten by mosquitoes, the patients will have a high fever 3-7 days and the symptoms is serious or not depend on each patient. Most patients will have high temperature, red face, stomachache, boring food, pain throughout body. Some patients have blood-spot on their skin. Most have no cold. The dangerous thing of Dengue fever is the patient or closed person will not know that they have a Dengue fever until they are in crisis and have bleeding in some part of body especially nosebleed, blood-spot on the skin, vomit, thirsty all the time. Please take the patient to see doctor immediately so doctor can cure in time.

Now Bangkok Hospital Pattaya can check Dengue germ by PCR method and the new updated method by Dengue NS1 Antigen. Both methods will present the result quickly and correctly within 24 hours so it’s a one way that can help to reduce risk of the death from Dengue fever.

PCR

- Know the result within 24 hrs.                        

- Expensive                                                                   

- Know the kind of Dengue germ                 

Dengue NS1 Antigen

-  Know the result within 24 hrs.

-  Cheaper

-  Unknown the kind of Dengue Germ (each kind has violenceAnd treatment differently)

Most of the time, we heard people died cause of dengue fever. So preventive and protective people you care by eradicate and frustrate culture area of the mosquitoes larvae by closing the cover of water-ware, check water in vase and change water every week to prevent mosquitoes lay its egg because it like to culture in clean-no movement water. And the patient should take care yourself and don’t let mosquitoes bite within the first 5 days of having this disease because virus is still in the blood and can spread to another person.

Dengue Cases Rise in Kidapawan City

Here’s about dengue cases in Kidapawan.

KIDAPAWAN CITY, North Cotabato—Health authorities here are alarmed by the continuing increase in the number of dengue cases despite an intensified campaign against the mosquito-borne ailment.
Gloria Mondejar, city health sanitary inspector, said based on their records, 192 dengue cases were reported during the first five months of the year. This was more than double the 87 cases recorded during the same period last year, she added.
Mondejar said what was alarming was that the increase occurred even if the city health office had intensified its anti-dengue campaign.
“This is alarming, that is why the city health office is now intensifying more its campaign against dengue in all 40 villages of the city,” she said.
Among the areas where a large number of dengue cases were reported this year were the villages of Lanao, Poblacion, Sudapin, Magsaysay and Singao.
Mondejar said they were replicating the anti-dengue campaign in Barangay Patadon, a Muslim community, where not a single case of dengue has been reported since the start of the year.
“City health officials lauded the village officials of Patadon for working hard in the campaign against dengue in their area,” Mondejar said.
She said among the things the city health found was that residents of Patadon were very active in cleaning their surroundings.
Mondejar said they were now using the Patadon example in encouraging residents of other places to trim or cut the branches of trees near their homes and rid their neighborhoods of possible mosquito breeding areas.
In Cotabato City, the Maguindanao provincial health office also said dengue cases rose during the first five months of the year compared to the same period last year.
Dr. Tahir Sulaik, Maguindanao provincial health officer, said his office has recorded 90 cases of dengue in at least six towns in Maguindanao.
Of the 90 patients, one died, he said.
Sulaik identified the town of Datu Odin Sinsuat, where many residents displaced by the 2008 violence between the military and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front continue to live, as having the highest number of dengue cases.
From January to May, at least 29 cases were recorded in Datu Odin Sinsuat.
Sulaik urged residents to develop the habit of burning dried grass and leaves in the afternoon to ward off mosquitoes.
Empty bottles and containers inside homes should also be disposed of lest mosquitoes breed in them.

What is Dengue Fever

Let’s talk about dengue fever.

“Dengue is the most common vector-borne viral disease in the world, causing an estimated 50–100 million infections and 25,000 deaths each year (1). During 1946–1980, no cases of dengue acquired in the continental United States were reported. Since 1980, a few locally acquired U.S. cases have been confirmed along the Texas-Mexico border, temporally associated with large outbreaks in neighboring Mexican cities (2–4). On September 1, 2009, a New York physician notified the Monroe County (Florida) Health Department (MCHD) and the Florida Department of Health (FDOH) of a suspected dengue case in a New York state resident whose only recent travel was to Key West, Florida. CDC confirmed the diagnosis, and a press release was issued to notify the public and Key West physicians of the potential risk for locally acquired dengue infections. In the next 2 weeks, two dengue infections in Key West residents without recent travel were reported and confirmed. Subsequently, enhanced and active surveillance identified 24 more Key West cases during 2009. On April 13, 2010, another Key West dengue case was reported to FDOH, bringing the total to 28.”

Symptoms of dengue include:

• fever
• severe headache
• pain behind the eyes
• joint and muscle pain
• rash
• nausea/vomiting
• hemorrhagic (bleeding) manifestations

Usually dengue fever causes a mild illness, but it can be severe and lead to dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), which can be fatal if not treated. People who have had dengue fever before are more at risk of getting DHF.

Mosquito traps for Haiti

Here about dengue fever.

Even before the January 12, 2010 earthquake, Haiti, reported the highest incidence of the tropical world. After the devastation of the infrastructure capital of Haiti, from tropical threat has grown considerably as a result of lack of potable water for the city and the urgent need that people have to store supplies what little they can put into his hands.
In the best case, it is almost impossible to stand in line behind all efforts to prevent dengue mosquito to water tanks kept in and around the home, household, much less in the current circumstances, where the priority is the survival rate is open.
ProVector LLC has taken note of and the companies agreed to send his 1500 traps Haiti and several hundred more people in the Dominican Republic on the border with Haiti. The company hopes to design the program ProVector results (PVCP) where bouquets of flowers donated Provector Children of Nations, International (COTN) set Cotton, DR.
Approximately 200 traps set Provector, one inside the house and other buildings of cotton, which is only one of the poorest malaria and Dengue-supported trips to visit COTN DR. Of cotton men were obvious differences in mosquito infestations, where the trap was set against all the opposition parties. It was shown that the pesticide, Bacillus thuringiensis, in the center of the flower was part of the task to attract mosquitoes, and the destruction of the destination premises. Flower Provector would offer protection for the family 24 hours a day.
Hurricane season is not far away. The rain is coming and people of Haiti is probably still far fewer homeless shelter. Water is a scarce and storage containers, all open for dengue mosquito join all the temporary structures. Mosquitoes breed with joyful abandon. Infection will increase and the already strained health services, Haiti is struggling to cope.

Dengue fever

Jakarta braces for dengue fever.

The city Health Agency is currently faced sharp attacks, 914 cases of dengue were recorded in two months.
Agency Head Emawati agency said Friday it was 20 beds and medical staff provide five centers in the areas of health, including Ciracas in East Jakarta, Cempaka Putih Central Jakarta and Cilincing in North Jakarta.
"We will give priority to health centers, far from the hospital. Patients have to go to the hospital, we can the burden on hospitals," she said.
It said doctors and nurses who would be assigned to medical facilities would be selected out of 313 new health professionals who were recruited last year.
The Agency has stated that cases of dengue fever reached 914 on February 3 this year, a decrease of 25 percent over the same period last year.
In the first two months of 2009 saw a total of 1202 incident cases reached 18,000.
It said the majority of cases occurred in East Jakarta, which has seen 309 cases, followed by South Jakarta with 267 cases, North Jakarta, with 131 cases, 123 cases in West Jakarta and Central Jakarta with 84 cases.

Dengue cases reported

Here about dengue cases.

With monsoon setting up on the region, number of cases of waterborne diseases is showing a rapid increase. As most of these patients are

from Pandesara area, the local health department officials have been taking preventive measures in the entire Udhna zone. Of the 32 patients in last two months that have been recorded at NCH for cholera, 20 are from Udhna zone.
Officials of New Civil Hospital (NCH) said that of the patients admitted last week with complaints of diarrhoea, medical reports of four patients have shown they are suffering from cholera. Three of the four Rajesh Jaipal, Bhimsinh Budha and Pushpadevi Rathod -- are residents of Pandesara area, whereas fourth patient Sharuben is from Limbayat area.
Meanwhile, a 12-year-old boy Sameer Kamruddin, a resident of Navsari Bazaar area, was brought to SMIMER Hospital with dengue fever on Friday.

Causes of dengue

What are causes to dengue?

Dengue (DF) and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) are caused by one of four closely related, but antigenically distinct, virus serotypes (DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3, and DEN-4), of the genus Flavivirus. Infection with one of these serotypes provides immunity to only that serotype for life, so persons living in a dengue-endemic area can have more than one dengue infection during their lifetime. DF and DHF are primarily diseases of tropical and sub tropical areas, and the four different dengue serotypes are maintained in a cycle that involves humans and the Aedes mosquito. However, Aedes aegypti, a domestic, day-biting mosquito that prefers to feed on humans, is the most common Aedes species. Infections produce a spectrum of clinical illness ranging from a nonspecific viral syndrome to severe and fatal hemorrhagic disease. Important risk factors for DHF include the strain of the infecting virus, as well as the age, and especially the prior dengue infection history of the patient.