All the truth about Zika
In this last period we are all talking a lot about the Zika virus which is transmitted by mosquitos and it is prevalent throughout South America, especially in Brazil and Colombia.
Talking about virus Zika and its hazards for the health is very important, but we must not forget that there are many other viruses, even more dangerous, they are forgotten by the media. There are also many cases of leishmania and filariasis that, even though they are not viruses, they are carried by mosquitoes and that at the beginning they mainly affected animals, but today they are infecting many humans too, and they can have even lethal consequences.
The virus Zika is presented by the media as the only one that can cause serious problems to the fetus in pregnant women, but unfortunately what the newspapers and tv news fail to say is that all viruses, even trivial as a simple flu, can be very dangerous for pregnant women, in fact in medical jargon is said to have teratogenic effects and that can cause miscarriage.
Mosquitoes do not carry only the Zika virus, but also many other diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, dengue, Rift Valley fever and Chikungunya; throughout Italy, as I mentioned, are increasing also the cases of leishmaniasis and filariasis that can be lethal for animals and for humans but the media aren't talking about it.
In Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta there are many cases of leishmaniasis among humans, but nobody talks about it, maybe for not scaremongering.
The questions to ask are: "Why we are talking only about the Zika virus and not about all other diseases?" and "Why just the virus Zika is considered as a breaking news?"