with the arrival of monsoons,there is an increase in the spread of diseases like dengue and malaria due to rapid breeding of mosquitoes.you are asked to prepare a speech in about 120 words on "protection from dengue and malaria"....plssss answer fast....friends.... anyone there???
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Dengue fever, also known as breakbone fever, is a mosquito-borne infection that can lead to a severe flu-like illness. It is caused by four different viruses and spread by Aedes mosquitoes.
Symptoms range from mild to severe. Severe symptoms include dengue shock syndrome (DSS) and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF). These usually require hospitalization.
There are currently no vaccines. The best method of prevention is to avoid mosquito bites. Treatment is possible if diagnosis occurs before the patient develops DSS or DHF.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that 400 million people are infected each year.
Dengue fever is rare in the United States (U.S.), but around 100 cases are reported each year, mostly among people traveling from outside the country. Outbreaks have occurred in Texas, Florida, and Hawaii.
Fast facts on Dengue fever
Here are some key points about dengue fever. More detail is in the main article.
Dengue is transmitted by the mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, which are found throughout the world.
Around 2.5 billion people, or 40 percent of the world's population, live in areas where there is a risk of dengue transmission.
Dengue is endemic in at least 100 countries in Asia, the Pacific, the Americas, Africa, and the Caribbean.
Symptoms usually begin 4 to 7 days after the mosquito bite and typically last 3 to 10 days.
Effective treatment is possible if a clinical diagnosis is made early.
Dengue is like a threat for all of us during monsoons because it rapidly increases during monsoons If we all want to protect ourselves from this threat then we must take some measures like 1. wear long sleeves shirts and pants during monsoons
2. treating our clothes with repellents like permethrin
3. consider using mosquito netting if you will be in the areas with many mosquito's
4.stay away from heavily populated residential areas