Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
However, a dengue vaccine is available in the U.S. and is FDA approved for children between ages 9 and 16 who have a laboratory-confirmed previous dengue virus infection and who live in areas ...
Cases of West Nile virus, dengue, Oropouche virus and deadly Eastern equine encephalitis have all been reported in the U.S. this summer. Mosquito-borne illnesses are back in the news. 4 ways to ...
Another virus spread by mosquitoes, Eastern equine encephalitis, is less widespread but deadlier. This month, a 41-year-old New Hampshire man without any underlying medical problems died of EEE.
Dengue virus has four different serotypes, each of which are antigenically related but have limited cross-immunity to reinfection. [55] Although dengue fever has a global incidence of 50–100 million cases, only several hundreds of thousands of these cases are life-threatening.
And the more foliage that you have and the more shade that you have will allow places for these mosquitoes to rest and be comfortable." Read more: West Nile virus has killed 8 Californians this year.
When a mosquito carrying a virus or parasite bites a person, it can pass on the microbe. The most common mosquito-borne diseases in the U.S. are West Nile, malaria, and eastern equine encephalitis.
The telltale signs of summer mean mosquitoes will be out in force, but with an added threat of illnesses like West Nile virus and possibly Dengue fever in the foreseeable future research contends.
In Puerto Rico, at least 1,498 people have caught dengue from mosquitoes, prompting the local government to declare a public health emergency. And 745 U.S. travelers have been infected, the CDC notes.