Yesterday, the WeChat public account of the Guangzhou Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention published an article calling on Guangzhou residents to "find insects and find people" together, that is, cone bugs and potential patients with American trypanosomiasis, and provide rewards and health consulting services of 8 yuan per finder. It is understood that some scholars refer to trypanosomiasis as a "new type of AIDS", which will endanger life once it is infected. Trypanosomiasis is the vector of trypanosomiasis.
According to the Guangzhou Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2016, in Shunde, near Guangzhou, there was a cone bug bite incident, and after investigation, this was the first time that red banded cone bugs were found and recorded in Shunde. Trypanosomiasis is most severe in Latin America, but with the process of globalization, the disease has spread to North America, Europe, Oceania, and cases have also occurred in Japan in Asia. Trypanosomiasis is extremely occult, the invisibility period is as long as 20 to 30 years, human infection is not easy to find, if not treated in time, will cause irreversible harm to human health, endangering life. And the diagnosis rate of trypanosomiasis is low, there is no vaccine to prevent it, and there is no specific drug in the late stage of the disease, so some scholars even call it a "new type of AIDS".
"Trypanosomiasis is the transmission vector of Trypanosomiasis in the Americas", according to the Guangzhou Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, once the source of infection of trypanosomiasis is imported, it is very likely to cause local transmission. Therefore, the Guangzhou Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention calls for "quickly find insects to find people, control the source of infection, cut off the transmission route", and will provide rewards of 8 yuan per person and health consulting services for those found.
After the article was published, many netizens questioned, "What should I do if I am bitten during the capture process?" Some netizens even said, "You have to catch a few cone bugs, raise a nest, and then you will get rich." “
In response to this matter, this afternoon, the Beiqing Daily reporter contacted the Guangzhou Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, a staff member said that at present, Trypanosomiasis has not been found in Guangzhou, calling on citizens to "find insects, find people" is to hope to grasp the vector status of the disease through "finding insects", to provide a basis for the implementation of efficient and accurate prevention and control; "looking for people" can enable people in need to be diagnosed and treated in time to avoid life-threatening risks.
The Beiqing Daily reporter noted that in this WeChat article, the telephone numbers of the responsible persons of the CDC in various districts of Guangzhou were published. A person in charge of the Cdronic Center of Nansha District, Guangzhou, said that since the publication of the article, it has received a number of calls from citizens, and 2 insects suspected of "cone bugs" have been sent to the Guangzhou CDC for identification.
After being bitten
For the practice of offering a reward of 8 yuan and the doubts of netizens, the person in charge said that it was to improve the enthusiasm of the public to "find insects and find people". Once the public finds the suspected "cone bug" bugs, they will not let them catch them directly, but ask them to take pictures, load them with mineral water bottles or other lidded containers within their capabilities, and then contact the personnel in charge of this work at the CDC in their districts. The staff will send the bugs to the Guangzhou Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention for identification, and rewards will be given after confirming that they are cone bugs.
Beiqing Daily reporter Ma Jinfeng