TThe Tiger mosquito, named for its stripes, could also its name to the fear it causes, since it is the vector of the dengue viruses, Zika and Chikungunya. In La Réunion, a territory of the French Indian Ocean where the Chikungunya epidemic is in its peak, the hospitals are on alert and six deaths have registered their legs since the beginning of the year, announced by the Frenchdayers, on April 16. 120 Military personnel have been mobilized for a large -scale mosquito management campaign. In Continental France, there is fear of the discomfort of insects with the heat of summer.
The Tiger mosquito continues to expand its territory to the north. Its conquest is a marker of climate change, as well as unbridled urbanization, since the insect adapts rapidly to our habitats. In I mondeThat he has followed his progression, has gone from an exotic danger to a local danger.
The newspaper sometimes confused or equated the tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, By his Latin name, with his cousin Aedes aegyptiA very similar creature and a carrier of the same diseases. Until 1996, references to Aedes aegypti As the source of the ailments shared by both members of the subgenre (and we will save the academic spelling of the same creature). Journalists, very informed or on the contrary with little knowledge of entomology, would call it generically Aedes ORPÍN Estegomio Through articles.
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