Malaria
Mosquitoes, like other living things, cohabit with parasites. Among them there are plasmodia, which do not pose a danger to mosquitoes, but in humans they cause severe disease, malaria.Among her symptoms are fever, anemia, chills, enlargement of the liver and other organs of the gastrointestinal tract. Out of 100 cases, 2-3 people usually die.
Dengue fever
It is widespread in the Caribbean, characterized by chills, fever, refusal to eat, in difficult cases, the temperature rises to 40 degrees.
Half of the patients with this diagnosis do not survive.
West Nile fever
Once, this disease was known only in the Tropics, but in the modern world, West Nile fever occurs even in Eastern Europe. Fortunately, for 80% of patients it goes unnoticed, but the risks remain.Tularemia
The infection is bacterial and is transmitted not only through a bite, but also through drinking water if mosquitoes have come into contact with it.
Symptoms include vomiting, fever, and skin lesions.
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