ABSTRACT
TICKS by Angelica Diana Vita and Felicia Klarin
Nowadays, climate change is one of the biggest issues that we are facing. Climate change refers to a change in regional average weather or the Earth’ s average climate. It is very likely that this change is caused by human activities that release excessive green-house gases to the atmosphere. Apparently, climate change has an impact towards human health. It causes the risk of vector-borne diseases to increase, as the amount of the carriers increases too.
One of the vectors that transmits the infectious diseases is tick. Ticks are small arachnids which require blood meals to complete their complex life cycles. With the uncertain change of climate, mostly in a mild weather, ticks can grow much faster. Ticks can cause several diseases, such as:
1. Anaplasmosis, which is transmitted by blacklegged tick. 2. Babesiosis, which is transmitted by blacklegged tick. 3. Ehrlichiosis, which is transmitted by the lone star tick. 4. Lyme disease, which is transmitted by the blacklegged tick
As a way to prevent, we could: 1. Wear bright colour clothes. 2. Cover up your body with long sleeve top and trousers. 3. Check your pet’ s hygiene regularly. 4. Spray bug repellents.
When prevention does not work, there are some solutions and ways to treat the bite. The type and dosage of the treatment should depend on which pathogen that has been transmitted to the patient( for instance, Borrelia species of bacteria) and specific treatments – such as antibiotics and local cleaning- are recommended.
Tick-borne disease cases are majorly found in Europe and America, but few cases have been spotted to happen in Indonesia. So, this poster is made to raise public awareness of ticks ' harm, so that the anticipation could be in a maximum state.