Insect Control Companies in Sydney and the Zika Virus

The mosquito, globally, is among the more remarkably destructive creatures in the world. It’s sheer numbers, breadth of species, adaptive nature to different environments, and puncturing proboscis come together to produce the single most deadly species for humans found anywhere. Insect control companies here in Sydney, and up the wet eastern coast of Australia, must be aware of the threats they pose here.

Part of the reason for this is the mosquito, in order to facilitate its blood-sucking, releases an anticoagulant in to the person being bitten. This substance is able to maintain the flow of blood in to the mosquito’s thorax, but it also contains trace elements of the blood of former victims. This is a primary reason mosquitos area able to spread diseases so easily, including a particular blood parasite which results in over a million deaths annually. We know it as malaria.

Apart with this, mosquitos spread such other serious illnesses as West Nile Virus, Avian Flu, Yellow Fever, and most recently, they have been linked to the Zika virus from south and central America. With over four thousand cases in Brazil alone, it has cast a shadow over the upcoming Olympic Games.

The Zika virus is particularly difficult to cope with, as its impacts aren’t always felt immediately. Pregnant women who were bitten by mosquitos spreading this illness have been giving birth to children with a brain development issue, microcephaly, along with Guilles-Barre syndrome, which can cause paralysis.

Insect control companies in Sydney, and across major cities in Australia, must be aware of these threats to public safety. While the yellow fever mosquito, a carrier of the virus, is unlikely to become established outside of Far North Queensland, the Asian Tiger mosquito has considerable potential to become established throughout the county – and can easily transmit the disease. Vigilance, on the part of both the private and the public sector, must remain aware of these threats to public safety here.