CDC points journey well being discover for mosquito-borne chikungunya virus in China

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) — Health officers are warning vacationers a couple of painful mosquito-borne virus. On Friday, the CDC issued a travel warning a couple of chikungunya outbreak in southern China.

ABC7 News spoke with three completely different specialists concerning the illness.

Dr. Jeffrey Silvers is Sutter Health’s medical director for Pharmacy & Infection Control.

“It’s a very unpleasant virus if you get it, it causes severe pain – most people survive it which is good. It usually happens within three to seven days after a person has been bitten by that mosquito,” Dr. Silvers stated.

Chikungunya is unfold by contaminated mosquitoes, primarily Aedes aegypti.

“Most mosquitoes prefer biting at dusk and dawn, this one doesn’t have a preference, it’s very happy to bite you anytime of the day,” Dr. Silvers stated.

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Dr. John Swartzberg, scientific professor emeritus at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health, stated it is not a brand new illness.

“It’s been around for many, many decades. Or at least we’ve recognized it for many, many decades,” Dr. Swartzberg stated.

He stated instances have been reported within the Caribbean, Mexico, Central and South America.

According to the European CDC, there have been about 240,000 infections globally this 12 months.

It’s been six years since somebody caught it within the U.S.

“It’s something that we’re probably going to be seeing in this country with climate change and that means the range of the mosquito that transmits this is going to change its range and that brings it into the United States,” Dr. Swartzberg stated.

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A few years in the past, Aedes aegypti have been detected in Santa Clara County.

Dr. Taylor Kelly works with the vector management district within the surveillance division. She helps set traps and screens populations.

“It is a really important mosquito, it’s a backyard breeding mosquito, so it’s a very serious public nuisance and its also able to vector these diseases such as dengue, chikungunya and Zika virus that are threats to public health,” Dr. Kelly stated.

Since we do have mosquitoes that carry chikungunya right here in Santa Clara County, individuals are inspired to name the well being division in the event that they expertise ‘day-biting’ mosquitoes at (408) 918-4770 or e-mail [email protected].

“It’s a small black mosquito with white stripes on the body and the leg you need to let the health department know,” Dr. Silvers stated.

There are two vaccinations permitted for vacationers who’re visiting an space with an outbreak.