Murcia Covid Region | Neither ticks nor mosquitoes in the region carry Covid
Mosquitoes, ticks and lice, among other arthropods.free from COVID-19 in the regionaccording to the findings of a two-year investigation involving the Ministry of Health. The study, published recently, was conducted by “.detect a possible risk of an emergency or recurrence of human diseases“, according to information published by the Community, which includes the main findings of the investigation.
The analysis allowed monitoring of arthropods A region that has the potential to act as a carrier and transmit infectious agents. people or other animals.
And it wasn’t just Covid that was ruled out. The absence of dengue virus, chikungunya virus, West Nile fever virus and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus was also confirmed in the analyzed samples.
In mid-summer, pharmacies in the Murcia region experienced a shortage of medicines.
The checks were carried out on “7039 arthropods in 1970 lots“786 lots of ticks, 642 mosquitoes, 458 midges, 50 fleas and 34 lice,” the note says.
Negative data are provided by Leishmania, which continues to be prevalent among mosquitoes that also carry the phlebovirus. While a very low presence of lavivirus (Usutu virus) was found in mosquitoes and Borrelia burgdorferi in ticks.
PCR for Covid detection
Arthropods collected during 2022 and 2023. These samples were first sorted by species, sex and developmental stage. Finally, experts extracted the genetic material to perform PCR and identify possible diseases of health concern.
The Ministry of Health took part in the study, co-financed with European funds, through the Directorate General of Public Health in collaboration with Center for Rickettsial Diseases and Arthropod-Borne Diseases (CRETAV); University of Murcia; Infectious Diseases Department of the University Hospital San Pedro-CIBIR in Logroño; General Directorate of Environment and the El Valle Wildlife Recovery Center (CRFS).