“The only way to stay calm” and protected from the Dengue virus “is not to have tiger mosquitoes”. Word of Roberto Burioni, professor of microbiology and virology at the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University of Milan. “So far, fortunately, all the” 117 “dengue cases that have occurred in Italy” since the beginning of 2024 “are imported. But each of these cases presents a risk: it could be bitten by a tiger mosquito which it could then transmit throughout its life the infection to other individuals”, explains the teacher on social media. After this week the Higher Institute of Health released the first bulletin of the year on arbovirosis, the doctor repeats again that the only way to avoid native outbreaks of Dengue is to neutralize the insects that can carry the infection.
“When a case” of Dengue “is diagnosed, disinfestations are promptly implemented. This is very right, but it may not be enough”, warns the virologist. “The 50% of infectious patients are asymptomatic – remember – so the only way to stay calm is not to have tiger mosquitoes”.
“I reiterate that” for Dengue “there is no human-to-human transmission, so this disease cannot be fought with the vaccine, but by fighting mosquitoes”, insists Burioni. “We eradicated malaria in 4 years in 1946, eliminating the risk of Dengue in 2024 – he comments – is a choice”.
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