Pilgrims and insect-borne diseases:
BURGOS / info / Sunday, April 6, 2014
A panel discusses the issue in Burgos on World Health Day
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Camino de Santiago transmitter may be potential diseases from insects
Pilgrim Monument in the Plaza of the Cathedral of Burgos.
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Camino de Santiago, being a transit point where pilgrims spend a lot of time outdoors, encourages the spread of zoonotic diseases, which are transmitted to animals and humans will be analyzed in a table round in Burgos on World Health Day.Councillor for Health of the City of Burgos, Marisol Carrillo, explained to Efe that bar physicians, veterinarians, pharmacists and nurses collaborate in this initiative to raise awareness of the potential seriousness of diseases transmitted by animals.President of the College of Veterinarians, Thomas Fisac, said that between 60 and 70 percent of human diseases are transmitted by animals.Marisol Carrillo added that pilgrims become occasions vehicles for the transmission of certain animal diseases, especially those related to parasites, and pointed out that Burgos is the second province of Castilla y León with higher incidence of ticks.Indeed, the technical secretary of the Medical Association of Burgos, Carmen Fernández has stressed the importance of early diagnosis of diseases caused by tick bites.Was explained that the symptoms are "very common in many kinds of diseases", especially fever, so if you are not looking for a specific diagnosis is not a specific type of antibiotics, tetracycline, and the patient can become very serious.