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Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya

What you need to know about Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya this rainy season

It is the rainy season, and in addition to the common diseases that occur due to humidity, cold and climate changes, there is also a growing possibility that cases of dengue, zika and chikungunya increase, since the mosquito transmitter of these diseases use water to reproduce, that which accumulates in containers at home, almost without warning.

This is Aedes aegypti, a single species of mosquito that can transmit any of these diseases to humans once it bites them, with consequences that even become deadly. Due to its need for water, it seeks to reproduce in hatcheries that are indoors, such . . .

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