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"$8 each, look for trypanos." A few days ago, the article pushed by the Guangzhou Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention through the public account attracted widespread attention from netizens. What is this "wanted" worm? What are its hazards? Are there any cone bugs in Yulin? Does it spread the so-called "new type of AIDS"? On July 20, the reporter went to the Yulin Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention for an interview, and the experts hereby clarified: the main harm of the triatominosomiasis is to bite and suck blood and spread the American trypanosomiasis, but there are no cases of trypanosomiasis reported in China, and there is no evidence of the existence of blood-sucking triatominosomiasis in Yulin, so please do not panic.
Trypanosomia
This worm is not another worm
Dr. Yang Yan, an expert in the Department of Epidemiology and Parasitic Disease Prevention and Control of the Yulin Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, told reporters that the cone bug is named because the head is narrow and cone-like, commonly known as the wood lice king, and its adult body is about 25 mm long, oval in shape, the tail tip or flat, dark or dark brown, and the lateral edge of the abdomen has red or yellow spots. The larvae and adults of the trypanosus are both human blood-sucking, and they prefer to bite thin areas of the skin, such as the lips and eyelids, but also bite other parts, so they are also called "kissing bugs". Cone bugs are common in Guangxi, mostly red-banded cone bugs. However, local biological samples of the cone bugs have not yet been fully established.
"Not all trypanos bugs transmit American trypanosomiasis." Yang Yan further explained that Trypanosomiasis is a tropical parasitic disease transmitted by trypanosomines, mainly endemic in Central and South America. Trypanosomiasis is transmitted by biting sick or trypanosomiasis-carrying animals (such as cattle, sheep, pigs and rats) and humans, and then biting healthy people and animals. Simply put, the coexistence of patients and vampire trypanosomiasis allows for the spread of trypanosomiasis. At present, there have been no cases in China, and the public does not need to panic at all.
This disease is not another disease
"Trypanosomiasis of the Americas and AIDS can be said to have nothing to do with each other." "The analogy of American trypanosomiasis to a 'new type of AIDS' may be because the outbreak of this disease in the Americas is characterized by similar to the spread of AIDS in the early days, but there are essential differences between the two diseases," Yang said. She believes that the pathogens of the two diseases are different, AIDS is HIV infection, and American trypanosomiasis is infection with Trypanosoma cruzi. Moreover, trypanosomiasis in the early acute phase can be cured by drug therapy.
"People who travel or work in countries like Latin America should be vigilant." Yang Yan reminded that with the increase in the number of people going abroad and the continuous expansion of the scope, the public should pay attention to avoid being bitten by insects such as cone bugs, try to wear long-sleeved trousers and socks when going out, and the bare body parts are recommended to apply insect repellent, and should try to use screen windows, screen doors and mosquito nets, and once bitten, they should go to the local regular medical institutions in time to deal with it. (Reporter Xuan Fan)
Editor: Zhou Yu
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