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Health: the tiger mosquito “advances inexorably and covers almost the entire territory”, indicates infectious disease specialist Robert Sebbag
Health: the tiger mosquito “advances inexorably and covers almost the entire territory”, indicates infectious disease specialist Robert Sebbag
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90% of French territory is on red or scarlet alert for the tiger mosquito. Should we fear it? Analysis in 11/13 info, Friday May 17, with Robert Sebbag, infectious disease specialist at the Pitié Salpêtrière hospital in Paris.
The tiger mosquito “advances inexorably and covers almost the entire territory”indicates, in the 11/13 news of Friday May 17, Robert Sebbag, infectious disease specialist at the Pitié Salpêtrière hospital (Paris), particularly due to global warming. “The tiger mosquito, which we knew well in tropical countries, is responsible for the transmission of three viral diseases in particular: Zika, dengue and chikungunya”adds the infectious disease specialist, who reports having observed at the hospital “indigenous cases of dengue fever”namely “people who have not traveled” who contract the disease.
If he “must keep reason”Robert Sebbag is nevertheless worried about the arrival of the Olympic Games. “It is possible, with all the populations who will come, [qu’elles puissent] possess in their body some of these viruses”.
The latter also recalls that dengue fever, transmitted to children, “can lead to forms of hemorrhage”. Pregnant women are very vulnerable to Zika. Finally, chikungunya results in “rheumatic and neurological disorders which can be extremely serious”. There is currently no effective vaccine against these three diseases, so it is important to protect yourself from tiger mosquitoes.
