Showing posts with label Chikungunya. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chikungunya. Show all posts
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Flying dracula - the Mosquito!
Mosquitoes have been made villains to me. As young, I heard a musical ringing sound over my ear when I retired to bed. That sound quickly shifted to the other ear! It is produced by nobody but by our mighty mosquito flying around. Though its name in Tamil language, 'Kosu' is used also to mean an easier work or a small sized person, the mosquito still remains the strongest giving nuisance and causing diseases such as Dengue, Chikungunya and Malaria. In 2006, when there was Chikungunya epidemic in India, the electric mosquito killing bat (zapper) was introduced to us by the increased population of these mosquitoes.
Labels:
Aedes,
Chikungunya,
Dengue,
Guppies,
Insects,
Malaria,
Mosquito,
Mosquitofish,
Nature
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