In Japan, dengue fever ill 144 Bashny.Net

At the end of August in Japan was the first recorded cases of dengue fever, which was the first act of her disease in Japan over the last 70 years. Dengue fever is spreading breeding in clean stagnant water mosquito Aedes Aegypti.





After fixing the first infection until now, this diagnosis has been made 144 the Japanese. As representatives of the Ministry of health of Japan, in Tokyo revealed another Park where there is a high probability of Contracting the fever.

In late summer, the virus was found in three people – two girls from the Japanese Prefecture of Saitama and one guy from Tokyo. Fearing the spread of fever in Tokyo has been closed to visitors a number of large parks and imposed restrictions on visiting some of them. Now in all the green areas of the city carry out preventive measures and disinfection.

According to the channel NHK, the list of prohibited to visit the parks is also part of the Park Nakameguro in the Tokyo district of Meguro – here are the residence of more than ten embassies and consulates of foreign States. Grounds for temporary restriction of access to this Park was the fact that fixing the medical symptoms of dengue virus have a 30-year-old man, who confirmed that the recently rested here.

Dengue fever is spread exclusively by mosquitoes Aedes Aegypti, so the doctors think it is essential to carry out the disinfection of all ponds and lakes. The incubation period of the fever ranges from 5 to 10 days. Dengue threat that she still did not create a reliable vaccine or cure. Got infected with dengue fever recorded the sudden onset of fever that lasts for five to seven days, headache, severe pain in the joints and even a rash. Official statistics show that dengue annually infects 50 – 100 million people in tropical and subtropical regions.

Source: scienceblog.ru