Dengue in the Bahamas

[teejayevans]

Dengue in The Bahamas - Travelers' Health - CDC

Tom

[tropicalescape]

Originally Posted by teejayevans

Dengue in The Bahamas - Travelers' Health - CDC

Tom

It is in a lot of places..Jamaica..Haiti..Where else?That **** hurts..get shots for any and all things..Dengue????hepatites?Yes...trench foot?eleaphentitus?Poormans ..No cure!DVC

[anjou]

I thought I had Dinghy fever once. The Doc said I should just Lilo for a while.

[svBeBe]

1008 cases dengue this year confirmed in Panama as of last week. Why so bad this year in so many places in the Caribbean?

Judy
S/V BeBe

[atoll]

Originally Posted by svBeBe

1008 cases dengue this year confirmed in Panama as of last week. Why so bad this year in so many places in the Caribbean?

Judy
S/V BeBe

too many people,mobility and poor control of stagnant water.

[tropicalescape]

Originally Posted by atoll

too many people,mobility and poor control of stagnant water.

and the lowly skeeter..

[GordMay]

World Dengue Map
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[zeehag]

lowly skeeter has a lot of water sitting around in which to grow.
tropical environment, lots of water=many skeeters. many skeeters=spread of much disease.
dengue has no vaccine......

[Vasco]

Originally Posted by anjou

I thought I had Dinghy fever once. The Doc said I should just Lilo for a while.

Only folks who have lived in UK will get this. Nobody else knows what a Lilo is.

[atoll]

lilo= androgenous blow up doll?

[zeehag]

atoll-- according to the map-- florida is not immune to the disease and has cases in north east fla and in key west.........mean skeeters in fla.......all the nice warm areas with standing water are involved.

[atoll]

dengue,needs, a few things for transmision,a warm climate,stagnant water,people to carry it andDengue is transmitted by several species of mosquito within the genus Aedes, principally A. aegypti mosquitos to spread it.

malaria is also spreading for the same reasons

[Misiu]

Originally Posted by zeehag

atoll-- according to the map-- florida is not immune to the disease and has cases in north east fla and in key west.........mean skeeters in fla.......all the nice warm areas with standing water are involved.

I think I read somewhere about 25 cases in Florida this year.
As far as I know Aedes aegypti (mosquito) prefers stagnant clear water and bites during the day, usually dusk and dawn.

[teejayevans]

Originally Posted by Misiu

I think I read somewhere about 25 cases in Florida this year.
As far as I know Aedes aegypti (mosquito) prefers stagnant clear water and bites during the day, usually dusk and dawn.

Here is info on florida:
Dengue Fever Showing Up In Central Florida - Health News Story - WESH Orlando
First, they say the mosquito that transmits DF feeds during the day, 2nd, cases are from people who came to Florida and picked it up outside the country.
Tom

[zeehag]

Originally Posted by teejayevans

Here is info on florida:
Dengue Fever Showing Up In Central Florida - Health News Story - WESH Orlando
First, they say the mosquito that transmits DF feeds during the day, 2nd, cases are from people who came to Florida and picked it up outside the country.
Tom

problem with picking it up outside then coming in--- they feed skeeters with infected blood and then m ore infectious skeeters.....and greater area of infection.