WHAT IS DENGUE ?
Dengue is a mosquito borne disease caused by Aedes aegypti mosquito. The Dengue fever is spread due to the bite of an infected Aedes aegypti mosquito infected with Dengue virus. This disease can be found most in tropical and sub-tropical areas, urban Southeast Asia, the America, Africa and the Pacific. Learn more about the different types of mosquitoes and the diseases spread by them. To protect yourself from these deadly mosquito bites, use Odomos mosquito repellent cream or mosquito repellent spray.
Malaria is caused by a parasite that is transmitted from person to person by the bite of an Anopheles mosquito. Anopheles mosquitoes bite mostly during nights and are present almost in all tropical and subtropical countries. Learn more about the different types of mosquitoes and the diseases spread by them. Odomos offers a wide range of products like mosquito repellent cream & mosquito repellent lotion through which you can prevent mosquito bites.
WHAT IS CHIKUNGUNYA ?
• Chikungunya is a viral disease spread by mosquitoes.
• There are three major groups of these viruses namely West African, Central African and Asian. Learn more about the different types of mosquitoes and the diseases spread by them.
• Chikungunya virus requires an agent for transmission and hence direct human to human transmission is not possible. So far no such incidence is reported.
• Usually transmission occurs when a mosquito bites an infected person and then later bites a non-infected person.
• Chikungunya also affects monkeys and it is also suspected that they are a major reservoir for the virus in Africa.
• Applying a thin layer of mosquito repellent cream which will protect from mosquito bites.