媒介控制中心鼓励人们保持宠物的跳蚤药物更新,户外活动时使用防蚊虫喷雾,并清理家周围可能吸引动物的垃圾和食物废料。定期检查他们的宠物和动物的床铺是否有跳蚤和排泄物,即“跳蚤粪”,这通常是跳蚤侵扰的第一个迹象。户外区域应保持无积水、宠物食品或树上掉落的水果,并清除可能成为常见病媒庇护所的灌木丛。
A map shows positive samples and human cases of flea-borne typhus recorded by the O.C. Mosquito and Vector Control District since May 30. (Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District)
同时,宠物主人应该保持宠物的跳蚤控制和心丝虫治疗的常规更新。若如果有人在附近看到死去的动物,请立即联系动物控制部门。
Fleas, like the one seen in this colorized scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image, carry two strains of bacteria in their feces that can cause typhus infections in other animals and humans. (Smith Collection/Gado / Getty Images)
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