Hot search first!"Dragon nematodes" appear in multi -land waters?A response is here

On August 15th, the topic#8 8#appeared on Weibo hot search first, which attracted widespread attention.

The cause of the incident is that recently some netizens have photographed unknown long tapeworms in many waters in Sichuan, suspected to be African dragon width.

On the afternoon of August 15th, Sichuan Centers for Disease Control and Control: Not "Dragon Worm"!

Sichuan CDC stated that according to the video and photos released by the Internet, combined with epidemiology, biological forms, and conventional monitoring, the nematodes in the video are "dragon width". Zhao Li, the curator of the Chengdu Huaxi Insect Museum, also said that the nematodes in these videos are not "dragon width", but a certain nematode parasitic in the insect body, entering the water body.

"The insect body in the video does not drill the human body. Devouring the infectious larvae flea, insects, fish, snails, etc. is the key to infection."

What is McDonaldia's width disease?

Sichuan disease control experts said that Macadana dragon nematodes, also known as Guinea, are parasitic in the human body and various mammals, causing Macadana drainal insect disease. The disease is a kind of human and animals, and has been widely popular in tropical and subtropical regions such as Africa and India. There were only 14 cases of human infection of McDonald in 2021, 7 of which were in Chad in Africa. There are only 1 case report in my country (1995).

There are many nematodes in the water bodies in nature. Most of them are not parasitic in the human body. A few, such as: Tiejewei, Macadara Dragon Worm can infect the human body through the mouth.

How to prevent it?

Official reminder: "There are many worms in nature, and many of them are coexisting with people and the environment, so you don't have to panic."

To prevent food -based parasitic diseases, pay special attention to drinking water, do not drink wild water, avoid insects, fish, snails, etc. that may be infected with parasites, and avoid swimming in unclean water in the wild.

This article is reproduced from the WeChat public account "China Youth Daily". Source: China Youth Daily Comprehensive China News Network, Sichuan Disease Control, Red Star News

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