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北京昌平区疾控中心昨日确认,回龙观龙泽苑西区出现蜱虫,一名居民和多只宠物狗被叮咬。回龙观地区办事处和物业已展开全面排查、监控、宣传和消杀工作。市卫生局和昌平区疾控中心表示,被叮咬者没有发病。北京加强对于可能出现的疫情监测,各医疗机构一旦发现“蜱虫病”24小时内上报。
蜱也叫壁虱,俗称草扒子、狗鳖、草别子、牛虱等。蛰伏在浅山丘陵的草丛、植物上,或寄宿于牲畜等动物皮毛。蜱是许多种脊椎动物体表的暂时性寄生虫,是一些人兽共患病传播媒介和贮存宿主。蜱虫虽小毒性惊人,一被叮咬轻则重病,重则送命。
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The disease control center in suburban Changping district on Tuesday started all-round disinfections in a community where a resident and some pets were suspected of being bitten by ticks last week.
The woman, surnamed Li, who lives in Longzeyuan community of Changping district, said she was stung by a bug on her right shoulder several days ago and then felt an itch and had small blood spots all over her body, which made her suspect it was a tick.
上周北京小区居民和一些宠物怀疑被蜱虫叮咬,周二,北京昌平区疾病控制中心开始在该小区全面消毒。家住昌平区龙泽苑小区的李女士说,她在几天前右胳膊被虫子叮咬,之后感到痒,全身起小血点,她怀疑是蜱虫。
【讲解】文中的tick即指蜱(pí)虫,tick一般指(钟表等的)滴答声,如Life is short.Tick tock, tick tick. 人生苦短,光阴似箭。蜱虫是许多种脊椎动物体表的暂时性寄生虫,是一些人兽共患病的传播媒介和贮存宿主。被蜱虫叮咬后临床病例多表现为发热伴白细胞(white blood cell)、血小板(platelet)数目减少,目前一些病例被诊断为人粒细胞无形体病human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA)。