What is coronavirus?
Coronaviruses are types of viruses that typically affect
the respiratory tract of mammals, including humans. They are associated with
the common cold, pneumonia, and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and
can also affect the gut.
Insects and diseases
Insects (mosquitoes, lice, fleas, bed bugs) and ticks are able to transmit a
number of diseases caused by infectious agents: viruses (chikungunya virus,
yellow fever, dengue fever, etc.), bacteria (Lyme disease, plague, etc.),
parasites (malaria, sleeping sickness, leishmaniasis, filariasis, etc.).Till now (February 2020) coronavirus has no evidence that insects can transmit it, and only transmitted from human to human only.
However in 2017 scientists grew flu vaccine in insect cells which was a promising step in the vaccine production, because the normal way that is using eggs, is a time consuming process.
Protection
· Practice respiratory hygiene
· Maintain social distancing
· Avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth
· If you have fever, cough and difficulty breathing, seek medical care early
· If you have mild respiratory symptoms and no travel history to or within China
· As a general precaution, practice general hygiene measures when visiting live animal markets, wet markets or animal product markets
· Avoid consumption of raw or undercooked animal products
Facts on coronaviruses
- There is no cure for the common cold.
- A coronavirus causes both SARS and MERS.
- Coronaviruses infect many different species.
- There are seven known human coronaviruses.
- SARS spread from China to cause infection in 37 countries, killing 774 people
Transmission
Coronaviruses can spread in the
following ways:
- Coughing and sneezing without covering the mouth can
disperse droplets into the air, spreading the virus.
- Touching or shaking hands with a person that has the
virus can pass the virus from one person to another.
- Making contact with a surface or object that has the
virus and then touching your nose, eyes, or mouth.
- On rare occasions, a coronavirus may spread through
contact with feces.
Geographical
distribution of
Geographical
regions
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Diseases
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North America
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The leishmaniases
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Lyme disease
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West Nile disease
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Central and South America
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Malaria
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Dengue fever
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Yellow fever
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The leishmaniases
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Chagas disease
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West Nile disease
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North Africa
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The leishmaniases
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Lyme disease
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West Nile disease
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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Malaria
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Chikungunya virus
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Dengue fever
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Yellow fever
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Lymphatic filariasis, loa loa
filariasis, onchocerciasis
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The leishmaniases
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Human African trypanosomiasis
(sleeping sickness)
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West Nile disease
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Asia
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Malaria
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Chikungunya virus
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Dengue fever
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Japanese encephalitis
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Lymphatic filariasis
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The leishmaniases
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Europe
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The leishmaniases
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Lyme disease
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Tick-borne meningoencephalitis
virus
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Oceania
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Malaria
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Chikungunya virus
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Dengue fever
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Japanese encephalitis
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Lymphatic filariasis
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The leishmaniases
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