#dengue

[diseases-for-center-control]

It's springtime and mosquito season is starting to warm up! You know what that means, Florida

(DJ air horn noise)

D-D-D-D-DENGUE!!! 📢📢📢

[latinotiktok]

Vengo con un PSA y si lo pongo en mi blog no lo ve nadie:

la campaña de vacunación contra el dengue en la provincia de Buenos Aires está abierta para todos los residentes de la provincia entre 15 y 59 años independientemente de que hayan tenido dengue o no. Por lo que me dijeron la campaña termina este mes y esperan el pico de casos entre marzo y abril, así que aprovechen a vacunarse gratis ahora que después la dosis sale como 200 lucas.

Sé que CABA también estaba vacunando pero no sé si a todos ni si sigue, y el resto de las provincias ni idea.

Nada, eso.

Gracias!!!

[covid-safer-hotties]

Frontiers | SARS-CoV-2 spike antibodies cross-react with dengue virus and enhance infection in vitro and in vivo

The presence of non-neutralizing antibodies of any dengue serotype increases the severity of subsequent infection by other dengue serotypes.

[justicegundam82]

New PF1e Creature: Likhoradka, Ogneya

This conversion was short and sweet! I'm pretty satisfied with this critter, except for the swarm form ability. Please tell me if you think it's fine or if it should be toned down (or up). Other than that, enjoy!

Also, see here for general likhoradka traits.

LIKHORADKA, OGNEYA

Image (c) mimir.net, Ogneya

This grotesque hybrid between a bat and a mosquito has large bat-like ears, four spindly limbs ending in clawed hands, and bulging yellow eyes.

LIKHORADKA, OGNEYA                       CR 4

XP 1’200

NE Small Outsider (evil, extraplanar, likhoradka)

Init +4; Senses; darkvision 60 ft., scent; Perception +14

Aura debilitating aura, miasmatic presence (10 ft., bonecrusher fever, DC 14)

DEFENSE

AC 18, touch 15, flat-footed 14 (+4 Dex, +3 natural, +1 size)

hp 39 (6d10+6)

Fort +3, Ref +9, Will +6; -2 vs. gas

Damage Reduction 5 / good; Immune cold, disease, poison (except gaseous); Resist acid 10, electricity 10

Spell Resistance 15

Weakness gas vulnerability

OFFENSE

Speed 20 ft., fly 40 ft. (good)

Melee 2 claws +10 (1d3+1), bite +10 (1d4+1 plus 1 bleed)

Special Attacks bleed (1)

Spell-Like Abilities (CL 6th, concentration +6)

     At will - bleed (DC 10), detect magic

     3/day - death knell (DC 12), itching curse (DC 11), ray of enfeeblement (DC 13)

     1/day - debilitating pain (DC 13), invisibility

STATISTICS

Str 12, Dex 19, Con 13, Int 13, Wis 12, Cha 10 

Base Atk +5; CMB +5; CMD 19 (23 vs. trip)

Feats Combat Expertise, Flyby Attack, Weapon Finesse

Skills Bluff +9, Fly +18, Heal +9, Knowledge (arcana) +9, Knowledge (nature) +9, Knowledge (planes) +9, Perception +14, Stealth +16; Racial Modifiers +4 Perception

Languages Abyssal, Common, Infernal

Special Qualities swarm form

ECOLOGY

Environment any (Abaddon)

Organization solitary, pair, swarm (3-6) or infestation (7-12)

Treasure none

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Gas Vulnerability (Ex): An ogneya has a -2 racial penalty on saving throws against gas- or scent-based attacks (like a stinking cloud spell or a troglodyte’s stench). An ogneya’s immunity to poison does not apply to such attacks.

Miasmatic Presence (Su): An ogneya’s miasmatic presence causes bonebreaker fever in those who fail their saving throw.  

Bonecrusher Fever: Miasmatic Presence – save Fort DC 14; onset immediate; frequency 1/day; effect 1d4 Dex damage; cure 2 consecutive saves

Swarm Form (Su): As a standard action, an ogneya can turn into a swarm of Diminutive biting mosquitoes. In this form, it assumes all the standard swarm traits and becomes immune to weapon damage. Its characteristics become: Armor Class 18, touch 18, flat-footed 14 (+4 Dex, +4 size); Speed 5 ft., fly 40 ft. (good); Melee swarm (2d6 plus distraction) and its Strength score falls to 1. Turning back into its standard form is a standard action for the ogneya. An ogneya can stay in swarm form for no longer than 6 consecutive rounds, and must wait one hour between uses of ths ability in order to use it again.  

Among the likhorada, the ogneyas are creatures of sweltering heat, stagnant water, and exhausting fever. Their preferred hunting grounds are steaming jungles, marshes, river deltas, and overcrowded ports, where insects breed in abundance and exhausted laborers offer easy prey.

Unlike many fiends, ogneyas are neither patient conspirators nor grand strategists. They possess an almost childlike enthusiasm for spreading sickness, chattering excitedly as epidemics blossom around them. They compete with one another over whose fever can claim the most victims, and tales tell of whole swarms descending upon bustling harbor cities after hurricanes or floods, eager to turn natural disaster into widespread pestilence.

The one genuine vulnerability of the ogneya is poison gas. Smoke, toxic vapours, and noxious fumes all disrupt the swarm. It is the oldest protection against mosquitoes: light a smudge-fire, burn the right herbs, and the ogneya are repelled.

ELDER OGNEYA

While bonecrusher fever is their typical disease, a few ogneyas, more ancient than most of their kin, can spread different maladies. Suck ogneyas are stronger than their lesser kin, having the advanced simple templates, and spreading malaria with their miasmatic presence (save Fortitude DC 16; onset immediate; frequency 1/day; effect 1d3 Con damage and 1d3 Wis Damage; cure 2 consecutive saves).

[sweetmont08]

Por aqui, bem quietinhaaaaaa, seguindo recomendações médicas... Bem dengosa, literalmente... E vcs?? Como vcs estão seus lindossss???! ♥️🔞🔥🥹

[mavisofthemoon]

special thanks to the Rusty Quill Gaming podcast for saving my sanity while I spent over a week so sick I could barely move. and also distracting me during my IV treatment yesterday

[vita-min-bunniii]

ITS MOSQUITO SEASON ALREADY WHAT THE FUCK KILL MEEEEEEEEEE

[magz]

Puerto Rico declares public health emergency as dengue cases rise

Cases so far are up 140 percent compared to this point last year.

Article date: March 27, 2024.

Article Excerpt:

Puerto Rico has declared a public health emergency amid an ongoing outbreak of dengue infections, a mosquito-spread viral infection that can cause fever, aches, rash, vomiting, and, in about 5 percent of cases, a severe disease marked by internal bleeding and shock.

The US territory has tallied 549 cases since the start of the year, representing a 140 percent increase compared with cases tallied at this point last year, according to the territory's health department. The Associated Press reported that more than 340 of the 549 cases have been hospitalized.