Ulsan Health and Environment Research Institute Completes This Year's Survey on Density of Infectious Disease Vector Mosquitoes... Infectious Disease Viruses 'Not Detected'

Ulsan Institute of Health and Environment Research.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] The Ulsan City Health and Environment Research Institute has completed the "Infectious Disease Vector Mosquito Density Survey" conducted this year for proactive response to mosquito-borne infectious diseases.

From April to October, the institute collected infectious disease vector mosquitoes not only from the two existing barns (Beomseo-eup and Cheongnyang-eup) but also added the Taehwagang National Garden Shillidaesup and urban areas (Samsan-dong) as additional sites.

Among the 21,842 mosquitoes collected, tests were conducted for five types of flaviviruses including Japanese encephalitis, dengue fever, Zika virus, yellow fever, and West Nile fever, as well as chikungunya fever and malaria. No viruses or parasites were detected.

As of October this year, the number of mosquito-borne infectious disease patients reported in Ulsan was confirmed to be one case of dengue fever and three cases of malaria.

The institute stated, "With the relaxation of COVID-19 quarantine guidelines and the increase in overseas travel, mosquito-borne infectious diseases are on the rise. We will continue to conduct mosquito-borne infectious disease monitoring next year to do our best to improve citizens' health."

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