Two people have caught dengue fever in the Hautes-Pyrénées department. The neighboring prefecture of Gers recalls the good gestures to fight once morest the spread of the tiger mosquito.
Following the discovery of two cases of dengue in indigenous people, the health services are on alert. The tiger mosquito seems to be the number 1 suspect. Dengue fever is indeed an infectious disease transmitted by this type of insect.
If the disease is most often asymptomatic, it can have severe complications for some. You can also be infected several times by different serotypes.
The usual form is manifested by a sudden fever associated with pain and a rash. In rare cases, serious and sometimes fatal complications can occur, explains Public Health France on son site.
The prefecture of Gers warns the population and recommends to adopt or to persevere in the good gestures vis-à-vis the tiger mosquito.
She recommends eliminating stagnant water, emptying and covering containers containing water, checking that the gutters run smoothly and changing the water for plants regularly.
These actions are significant, because as the prefecture reminds us, deprived of water, the tiger mosquito does not reproduce.
