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KTLA: Dengue detected in mosquito in Southern California | KTLA
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/dengue-detected-in-mosquito-in-southern-california/

#disease #health #mosquitos

Nov 20 at 11:36pmWeb
Show thread[name] (he/him)Nov 20
@ai6yr Oh, that’s not good. When I lived in Mexico my mother and father-in-law both got it and were laid out for weeks. It’s nicknamed breakbone fever, presumably because it feels like your bones are breaking. 😬
Show threadJimmyNov 21

@conejoclint @ai6yr One of my coworkers got dengue on a trip to Samoa. Said she never suffered so badly before. But apparently a second case is even worse, as the pain come s mostly from your immune system going wild.

Dengue is sufficient justification for making mosquitoes extinct.

Show threadCedar Fen Farm Cedar Fen FarmNov 21

@jhavok @conejoclint @ai6yr

Worst pain I ever felt for 10 days nonstop.. So maybe that species of mosquito. They hide in the bushes and bite when you sleep.

Show threadJimmyNov 21
@oldoldcojote @conejoclint @ai6yr Yeah, a specific species of mosquito carries dengue. When we started seeing them it was panic time at the tourist office. There have been arguments over whether to use genetic tech to extinguish them.
Show threadChris LNov 21
@conejoclint @ai6yr My brother-in-law got it twenty years ago and he still gets pain in his legs from that. They have a vaccine for it now, but still. (Edit: whoops read too quickly, my BIL got chikungunya not Dengue).
Show threadCedar Fen Farm Cedar Fen FarmNov 22

@jayalane @conejoclint @ai6yr

Interesting. A bad fever triggers dengue like pain since I had it in my 20's. Covid made it as bad as the dengue.

Show threadJohn TNov 20

@ai6yr oh, fun! That's one that worried me when doing field work in the Afar region of Ethiopa. Sleeping under a mosquito net watching clouds of mosquitoes flying just outside in a Dengue-endemic region was not very much fun.

Didn't get Dengue, but did get bacterial dysentery. 0/10 - would not recommend.

Show threadCedar Fen Farm Cedar Fen FarmNov 21

@grajohnt @ai6yr

Had both. Dengue is the worst.

Show threadAI6YR BenNov 21
@oldoldcojote @grajohnt 😬 Okay, now I am absolutely going to start using the mosquito spray every time. So many mosquito bites the last two months.
Show threadCedar Fen Farm Cedar Fen FarmNov 21

@ai6yr @grajohnt

You're probably in little danger unless you sleep outside w no netting at night.

Show threadAI6YR BenNov 21
@oldoldcojote @grajohnt Ah, except we now have Aedes Egyptii. Daytime ankle biters. Nearly impossible to see. Out at all hours. 😬
Show threadMy camera shoots fascistsNov 21

@ai6yr @oldoldcojote @grajohnt

We have them here in southern Arizona too.

I've heard bad things about Dengue fever, especially the risks of repeat infections.

Yay! (sarcastic)

Show threadCedar Fen Farm Cedar Fen FarmNov 21

@Mikal @ai6yr @grajohnt

Every exposure gets worse. Thats why they can't come up with a vaccine for either of the two varieties.

Show threadMy camera shoots fascistsNov 22

@oldoldcojote @ai6yr @grajohnt

Maybe Director of Dengue RFK will find a cure. Aquarium cleaner or something.

Show threadCedar Fen Farm Cedar Fen FarmNov 23

@Mikal @ai6yr @grajohnt

😹

Show threadandybrwnNov 20
@ai6yr Weeee
Show threadLAURENNov 20

@ai6yr

Bad

Show threadEmily VelascoNov 20
@ai6yr At least it's not right near my house like last time
Show threadAI6YR BenNov 21
@MLE_online 😬
Show threadnshrubsNov 21
@ai6yr oh joy