Distributed ThroughUNting Bites, What Is Arbovirus Disease?

Illustration of arbovirus-spreading insects (photo: Pixabay/katka451)

YOGYAKARTA Arbovirus disease is one of the global health problems that often causes extraordinary events (KLB) with a high number of deaths. A human can be infected with arbovirus if he is bitten by insects infected with viruses such as mosquitoes and ticks. So, what is an arbovirus disease?

According to the official website of the New York Ministry of Health, arbovirus disease is an acute viral infection caused by the bite of an infected arthropod (serangga) such as mosquitoes and ticks.

Arbovirus cases usually increase in the months of warm weather, when mosquitoes and ticks are active.

Examples of viral infections categorized as arbovirus diseases include dengue fever, Japanese enchepalitis, chikungunya, zika virus infection, and yellow fever.

Other diseases that are spread through insect bites are infected but not viral infections, such as Lyme disease which is a baterial infection, and capacities that are parasitic infections, excluding arbovirus.

Most cases of arbovirus infection do not show significant symptoms. Even if there is, usually symptoms that appear quite mild such as fever, headache, muscle or joint pain, and skin rash. These symptoms can recover without serious health problems.

Symptoms of arbovirus disease usually appear 3 to 14 days after mosquito bites or ticks infected with the virus. However, the emergence of symptoms can vary depending on the type of virus that infects humans.

Quoted from the Medical News Today page, the characteristics and clinical symptoms of arbovirus disease are divided into two subgroups, namely neuroinvasive (attacking the nervous system) and non-neuroinvasive (not infecting the nervous system).

In neuroinvasive arbovirus infections, the symptoms that arise are sudden fever accompanied by:

While in non-neuroinvasive arbovirus infections, the emerging symptoms are:

According to the New York Department of Health, mosquitoes are the most common insects that spread arbovirus disease. Fortunately, only a few types of mosquitoes can cause disease and only a small number of mosquitoes actually carry the virus in saktu time.

Some arbovirus diseases such as Powassan encephalitis can be spread through the bite of an infected tick.

Arbovirus infections can also spread through blood transfuse, organ tansplantation, sexual contact, and from mother to child during childbirth, depending on the specific infecting virus.

Cara mencegah penyakit arbovirus dapat dilakukan dengan menjaga lingkungan tetap bersih, serta menggunakan antagonist agar tidak bermbang proliferat di rumah.

Here are some things you can do to prevent arbovirus disease:

That's information about a disease of arbovirus. Hopefully this article can add insight to the loyal readers of VOI.ID.