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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.
Mosquito-borne diseases that are sensitive to climate include malaria, lymphatic filariasis, Rift Valley fever, yellow fever, dengue fever, Zika virus, and chikungunya. [6] [7] [8] Scientists found in 2022 that rising temperatures are increasing the areas where dengue fever, malaria and other mosquito-carried diseases are able to spread.
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.
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 ...
This article contains a list of insect-borne diseases. They can take the form of parasitic worms , bacteria , protozoa , viruses , or the insects directly acting as a parasite. Insect-borne diseases
Coquillettidia perturbans is a species of mosquito that have been documented in every continent except Antarctica. [1] This mosquito is a known as a vector of West Nile virus and Eastern equine encephalomyelitis. [2] [3] The geographic range of C. perturbans is increasing due to the growing extensity of the feeding area.
They were the first mosquito samples to test positive for the virus this year in Orange County, but according to the state Department of Public Health, 20 of California's 58 counties have ...
The Jamestown Canyon virus is an orthobunyavirus and was first isolated in 1961 from Culiseta inornata mosquitoes in Jamestown, Colorado. [3] Since then it has been found in Aedes, Coquillettidia perturbans, Culex, Culiseta and Ochlerotatus species in northern states of the mainland US, in various mammals throughout mainland North America, and identified in humans throughout the United States.