In La Laguna 2.5% of the ticks are infected with rickettsia, causing spotted fever bacteria, so Municipal Health in coordination with the Sanitary District Number 6 initiated a campaign in the suburbs of Torreon.
The risk of contracting the disease is increased one week after the rains caused by moisture, so that still have not reported cases, the authorities seek to prevent it.
Raymundo Sánchez, coordinator of Veterinary Area, reported that a single female tick can lay up to 5000 eggs a year, and if all the seed is infected inherit. Furthermore, if the animal is not infected, but acquires a tick with rickettsia, he and the rest of ticks that have become infected, kicking off a dangerous cycle that can affect the health of those around him.
The first phase of vaccination covers only rural communities, specifically the ejidos La Concha, Albia, Ana, the Game and the Pearl, where the main objective is to break the reproductive cycle of the tick through deworming and vaccine application of ivermectin.
Be five thousand doses which can be implemented in about 30 suburbs of the city and to achieve this, health workers will go door to door to ensure greater coverage. In Torreon Matamoros and Viesca are 5 suspected cases of rickettsia. In San Pedro van two confirmed.
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