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Most of the current testing for mosquito-borne diseases is extremely costly, often requiring expensive equipment, resources, and laboratory staff. This is an increasing need for low cost, accessible, easily detectable and dispensable assays that can detect the presence of these mosquito-borne diseases.
West Nile virus remains the leading mosquito-borne disease threat in the U.S. As of Aug. 22, 247 cases had been confirmed this year, with Arizona and Colorado reporting the most, according to the ...
It is known to bite humans and can carry a number of diseases, including yellow fever, Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus, and other human pathogens. [3]In 2021, authorities in southeastern Florida stated that, although it has become established there, this species of mosquito is not considered a vector of concern for disease in humans nor other animals, [8] as the diseases it can transmit ...
Mosquito Alert is a cooperative citizen science project, currently run as a non-profit and coordinated by four public research centers in Spain. [1] The aim of the project is to study, monitor, and fight the spread of invasive mosquitoes transmitting global diseases such as dengue , Zika , Chikungunya or West Nile fever .
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Saint Louis encephalitis is a disease caused by the mosquito-borne Saint Louis encephalitis virus. Saint Louis encephalitis virus is related to Japanese encephalitis virus and is a member of the family Flaviviridae. This disease mainly affects the United States, including Hawaii. [3]
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La Crosse encephalitis is an encephalitis caused by an arbovirus (the La Crosse virus) which has a mosquito vector (Ochlerotatus triseriatus synonym Aedes triseriatus). [1]La Crosse encephalitis virus (LACV) is one of a group of mosquito-transmitted viruses that can cause encephalitis, or inflammation of the brain.