One of the most frightening characteristics of mosquitoes is their ability to transmit diseases to people. You are going to need an expert in your group! Find the following information on the internet:
- Health problems that can be caused by mosquitoes in general and, especially, by invasive mosquitoes.
- Why they inject their saliva before biting us.
- How can we prevent mosquito bites and why is it important to know the number of bites a mosquito can make.
- Which diseases can the mosquitoes that we look for in Mosquito Alert transmit?
- What do autochthonous cases of a disease mean?
- Preventive measures to avoid being bitten and what to do in case of symptoms of any of these diseases.
We recommend that you take notes in a notebook and make sure that the sites you get the information from are trustworthy.
🔗 Here are some links that may help you:
- App to control the health of travelers (Source: One Health Travel)
- What to do if we suspect that we may have one of the diseases transmitted by the tiger mosquito? (Source: ASPB)
- How does a mosquito bite and transmit disease? (Source: Vincent Racaniello Chanel)
- Why do mosquito bites itch? (Source: Mosquito Alert)
- Diseases Vector mosquitoes (Fuente: Mosquito Alert)
- The main mosquito-borne diseases (Source: WHO)
- How to prevent Mosquito Bites? (Source: CDC)