Public Health and University of Zaragoza, supported by the City of Orihuela del Tremedal, will renew in this Turolense municipality the actions carried out by the Plan for the Prevention, Surveillance and Control of the diseases transmitted by vectors in the Autonomous Community of Aragon. In the case of Orihuela del Tremedal, the presence of ticks, arthropod responsible for pathologies such as the hemorrhagic fever of Crimea-Congo, also Lyme’s disease or Mediterranean exanthematic fever is monitored, the Aragon government reported in a press release.
The head of Food Security and Environmental Health of the Government of Aragon, Antonio Español, the Provincial Director of Health, Asunción Navarrete, the mayor of the Turolense town, Rafael Samper, and the Professor of Animal Health of the Faculty of Veterinary School of the University of Zaragoza, Ignacio de Blas, have been in Orihuela explaining the studies carried out by entomological surveillance and its implications for entomological surveillance.
The monitoring of the Turolense municipality confirms the finding of these arthropods, up to four different species of ticks. At the moment, no complications have been detected for the development of pathologies in humans, but it is necessary to continue the study, expand and consolidate it. “The discovery of arthropods shows us that your research is of capital importance for public health to be prepared for possible outbreaks that can occur in the future,” said Antonio Español, head of the Food Security and Environmental Health Service of the Government of Aragon.
Vectors are living organisms that can transmit infectious pathogens from one person to another or from animals to the human being. The pilot plans of entomological and public health surveillance carried out in Aragon focus on the following insects: Aedes, which is the one that transmits dengue, zika, chikungunya fever and yellow fever; Flebotomes, which transmits leishmaniasis; Anopheles, malaria; Culex, Western Nile Fever, and the aforementioned tick study developed in Orihuela del Tremedal.
