Mysuru: A total of six Chikungunya cases have been detected from January to Apr. 24 in the district this year. But there are no cases Dengue or Malaria being reported, according to District Vector Borne Diseases Control Office, which is creating awareness among the public about the three diseases being spread by mosquito bites.
Dengue and Chikungunya diseases are being spread by Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes which has bitten a person infected with the disease and will also spread from person to person. But Malaria is spread by the bite of female Anopheles mosquitoes. Female Anopheles mosquitoes pick up the parasite from infected people when they bite to obtain blood needed to nurture their eggs. Inside the mosquito the parasites reproduce and develop. When the mosquito bites again, the parasites are injected and pass into the blood of the person being bitten.
