The Aedes aegypti species of mosquito (sometimes commonly called the Egyptian Mosquito) has arrived in Los Angeles, California.
It appears this happened in 2013 authorities believe, now the LA County has realized it is here and was discovered this Wednesday 15 of October 2014. It is now breeding, laying eggs and spreading - how it got here is not known. Perhaps from imported tires.
The origins of this mosquito is Africa.
This is the mosquito that carries Dengue Fever which forms range from Breakbone to the Hemorrhagic Fever type, as well as Chikungunya Fever and Yellow Fever.
Right now this mosquito found in L.A. (California) has not been found to host the virus of Dengue, Chikungunya or Yellow Fever. But this mosquito is the vector.
All it will take now for this next virus crisis to occur in urban L.A. and the entire Los Angeles County of millions of people is for some traveler or illegal alien to come in or over the border carrying the strain and then the mosquito to bite that person and thus embed the virus in it's gut.
Ebola will not be the only crisis.
Epidemic Dengue exists in Mexico, through Central America and the Northern parts of South America. The mosquito is also in Florida and parts of the South. Yellow Fever use to occur in Louisiana and parts of Florida during the Civil War but in modern times it was wiped out by use of DDT. DDT was banned. Yellow Fever has now returned to the South.
The fear is Dengue. Look it up. It has raised it's deadly head recently in India in several cycles in the last couple of years. It appears outbreaks of Chikungunya have also occured which resembles in samples Dengue and this confuses diagnosis. You could get both at the same time.
There is no medicine, injection or vaccine to cure Dengue. Dengue is also known as Breakbone Fever because the pain is so bad it feels like your bones are breaking. But a later strain or condition is the concern.
The danger is if you are biten by the mosquito once and the virus is transmitted which will result in Breakbone, but then biten shortly after a second time, you will likely develop the deadly life-threatening Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever. This later case is known as "Severe Dengue" to distinguish it from the first. It is also known as "Type-II".
Ebola is also a form of hemorrahagic fever.
Dengue Hemorrahagic Fever if occurs, can then be transfered via infected blood products. This is rare except in the last few years where it seems it is emerging. In heightened stage you vomit blood. "Severe Dengue" or Dengue hemorrhagic fever or "Type-II" is also known by the acronym DHF.
The deadly form of Dengue broke out in the Jin Dynasty in the 300's AD killing huge populations. It then seemed to subside until it broke out in the 1700s as the result of the slave trade, then subsided again for 200 years until it raised it's head in the Pacific during the conflicts of World War Two. DDT was used to control it.
However in 1981 it appeared in Central and South America. Then in the 2000's, the deadly strain starting showing up in India. It is unknown how long, but it has probably been endemic in Africa for more than 1000 years or more. Epidemics broke out in Zanzibar in 1823 and then again in 1870.
It appears this happened in 2013 authorities believe, now the LA County has realized it is here and was discovered this Wednesday 15 of October 2014. It is now breeding, laying eggs and spreading - how it got here is not known. Perhaps from imported tires.
The origins of this mosquito is Africa.
This is the mosquito that carries Dengue Fever which forms range from Breakbone to the Hemorrhagic Fever type, as well as Chikungunya Fever and Yellow Fever.
Right now this mosquito found in L.A. (California) has not been found to host the virus of Dengue, Chikungunya or Yellow Fever. But this mosquito is the vector.
All it will take now for this next virus crisis to occur in urban L.A. and the entire Los Angeles County of millions of people is for some traveler or illegal alien to come in or over the border carrying the strain and then the mosquito to bite that person and thus embed the virus in it's gut.
Ebola will not be the only crisis.
Epidemic Dengue exists in Mexico, through Central America and the Northern parts of South America. The mosquito is also in Florida and parts of the South. Yellow Fever use to occur in Louisiana and parts of Florida during the Civil War but in modern times it was wiped out by use of DDT. DDT was banned. Yellow Fever has now returned to the South.
The fear is Dengue. Look it up. It has raised it's deadly head recently in India in several cycles in the last couple of years. It appears outbreaks of Chikungunya have also occured which resembles in samples Dengue and this confuses diagnosis. You could get both at the same time.
There is no medicine, injection or vaccine to cure Dengue. Dengue is also known as Breakbone Fever because the pain is so bad it feels like your bones are breaking. But a later strain or condition is the concern.
The danger is if you are biten by the mosquito once and the virus is transmitted which will result in Breakbone, but then biten shortly after a second time, you will likely develop the deadly life-threatening Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever. This later case is known as "Severe Dengue" to distinguish it from the first. It is also known as "Type-II".
Ebola is also a form of hemorrahagic fever.
Dengue Hemorrahagic Fever if occurs, can then be transfered via infected blood products. This is rare except in the last few years where it seems it is emerging. In heightened stage you vomit blood. "Severe Dengue" or Dengue hemorrhagic fever or "Type-II" is also known by the acronym DHF.
The deadly form of Dengue broke out in the Jin Dynasty in the 300's AD killing huge populations. It then seemed to subside until it broke out in the 1700s as the result of the slave trade, then subsided again for 200 years until it raised it's head in the Pacific during the conflicts of World War Two. DDT was used to control it.
However in 1981 it appeared in Central and South America. Then in the 2000's, the deadly strain starting showing up in India. It is unknown how long, but it has probably been endemic in Africa for more than 1000 years or more. Epidemics broke out in Zanzibar in 1823 and then again in 1870.
