Yellow Fever is Not a problem in Southeast Asia….Yet!
A matter of time
Yellow Fever is not endemic in Southeast Asia but the Aedes mosquitoes that spread Yellow Fever are!
It is not our intention to cause any unreasonable concern or panic, far from. But recently China has seen its first Yellow fever patients that had been traveling to endemic areas in Africa, although the disease also occurs in South America. Again it is our desire to travel and our ability to do worldwide business that might bring this disease closer to Southeast Asia. Mosquitoes of the Aedes species do extremely well in the Southeast Asian climate and they are experts in transmitting this dangerous disease.
Yellow Fever looks like most other mosquito borne diseases
Under normal circumstances it takes three to six days before a person start showing symptoms of the disease. The patient will experience headaches, joint aches, fever and a yellowing of the eyes and the skin. After the initial phase the patient will go into the acute phase. This phase will last three to four days and will add additional muscle aches, back aches and a loss of appetite.
Most people will start to recover after the acute phase. Those that will not recover will enter the toxic phase and will see a decrease in urination, will start to bleed from mouth, nose and eyes and might have bloody vomit.
Anybody not vaccinated against this disease is at risk. The World Health Organisation estimates 200.000 cases per year. Once the patient is ill there is not much that can be done. One of the few things that can be done is supporting the immune system to fight the disease.
Roughly 50% of those that enter the toxic phase will not survive.
We strongly urge those with the above signs to visit a doctor or hospital as soon as possible.
If you only like to target Aedes mosquitoes, you should purchase our BG-Mosquitaire or BG-Bowl trap.