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Mosquito-borne diseases or mosquito-borne illnesses are diseases caused by bacteria, viruses or parasites transmitted by mosquitoes. Nearly 700 million people contract mosquito-borne illnesses each year, resulting in more than a million deaths.
Mosquitoes are vectors for a large number of diseases, the large majority being viral in nature. Mosquito-borne viruses fall into four major groups: Bunyavirales, Flaviviridae, Togaviridae, and Reoviridae. They can present as either arbovirus encephalitis or viral hemorrhagic fevers.
Mosquitoes are vectors for many disease-causing microorganisms including bacteria, viruses, and protozoan parasites. Nearly 700 million people acquire a mosquito-borne illness each year, resulting in over 725,000 deaths. [100] Common mosquito-borne viral diseases include yellow fever [101] and dengue fever transmitted mostly by Aedes aegypti. [102]
West Nile is the most common mosquito-borne disease in the continental United States, according to the CDC. There have been 289 West Nile cases reported to the CDC in the country so far this year.
Late August and early September are when cases of mosquito-borne viruses, especially West Nile, increase rapidly, the CDC said. ... a professor of infectious diseases at the Vanderbilt University ...
As mosquito season continues, public health officials in the U.S. have been tracking several different illnesses caused by the pesky flying insect. Health officials are reporting at least eighteen ...
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In a press release, health officials said that 10 communities have been raised to a high or critical risk of contracting the mosquito-borne disease. State officials plan to do both aerial spraying ...