Increase in Mosquito on Northeast Arkansas might cause viral diseases

Are you walking at evening time, working in farm, or are you playing with your dog? Beware! There are lots of infected mosquitos in Northeast Arkansas.

Aftermath of flood and heavy rain earlier month in Arkansas has increased in the number of mosquito growth. Arkansas State University Entomologist Dr. Tanja Mckay (Dr. Mckay Website) explains different kinds of diseases like Malaria, Dengue etc. are highly chances to be spread through Northeast Arkansas.

Female mosquitoes are those which bite the human

beings and animals. To prevent for the different diseases Assistant Professor McKay explains several prevention techniques. Firstly, she explains the biological way to control the mosquito. If some fish are leave in the water they usually eat up the larva and pupa. So, this way biological we can control the mosquito. Secondly, she explains to use some chemicals such as Larviciding.

Dr. Mckay suggested the resident of Northeast Arkansas to use the net while sleeping and to use different chemicals and lotions that are available in the market. During her presentation she explains the life cycle of the mosquito and explains the some of the diseases caused by the mosquito such as Malaria, Dengue etc. Mosquito, which are more likely to grow in silent water, are dangerous rather than useful.

She says “among those mosquitoes more than 73% of them were found at the kennel of people houses”. “Firstly, infected mosquitoes bite the dogs and leave the worm. The worms reach to the heart of dog and die after some days by ‘heart-worm’” she explained to the class.

She added that to treat such diseases is very danger and it is very tough. Dogs should be kept in hospital more than a month and for several days dogs are not allowed to move their body.

Likewise, McKay shares that different kinds of lotions found in the market also prevent bite from the mosquito. Meanwhile, during the night time net is the most effective tool to prevent from the mosquito. If we sleep inside the net it prevents from the mosquito bite and several diseases too, she explained.