Mosquito-borne diseases or mosquito-borne illnesses are diseases caused by bacteria, viruses or parasites transmitted by mosquitoes. Nearly 700 million...
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vectors are mostly blood-sucking insects such as mosquitoes. The first major discovery of a disease vector came from Ronald Ross in 1897, who discovered...
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Dengue fever (redirect from Dengue fever (tropical disease))
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne disease caused by dengue virus, prevalent in tropical and subtropical areas. It is frequently asymptomatic; if symptoms...
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Ross River fever (redirect from Ross River disease)
Ross River fever is a mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by infection with the Ross River virus. The illness is typically characterised by flu like...
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million people acquire a mosquito-borne illness each year, resulting in over 725,000 deaths. Common mosquito-borne viral diseases include yellow fever and...
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Tick-borne diseases, which afflict humans and other animals, are caused by infectious agents transmitted by tick bites. They are caused by infection with...
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focus when mosquitoes are vectors, or transmitters, of infectious disease. Mosquito-borne diseases can threaten endangered species. Disease organisms transmitted...
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Charles Harding (October 2009). "School-Based Health Promotion for Mosquito-Borne Disease Prevention in Children". The Journal of Pediatrics. 155 (4): 590–592...
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West Nile fever (redirect from West Nile disease)
virus exposure are common to all mosquito-borne diseases. Public health measures include taking steps to reduce mosquito populations. Personal recommendations...
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Chikungunya (redirect from Chikungunya viral disease)
Lecuit M (March 2015). "Chikungunya virus and the global spread of a mosquito-borne disease". The New England Journal of Medicine. 372 (13): 1231–9. doi:10...
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existing inequalities and challenges in managing infectious disease. Mosquito-borne diseases that are sensitive to climate include malaria, lymphatic filariasis...
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diseases List of cutaneous conditions List of insect-borne diseases List of parasites (human) Mosquito-borne disease Robovirus Tibovirus Tick-borne disease...
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insect-borne diseases. They can take the form of parasitic worms, bacteria, protozoa, viruses, or the insects directly acting as a parasite. Mosquitoes are...
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Arbovirus (redirect from Arthropod borne virus)
invertebrates List of insect-borne diseases Mosquito-borne disease Robovirus Tibovirus Tick-borne disease "CDC Information on Arboviral Encephalitides"...
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difficulty in determining which mosquito species to use for the test, the possibility of transmitting a mosquito-borne disease, and the risk of triggering...
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Pacific. It is responsible for a type of mosquito-borne, non-lethal but extremely debilitating tropical disease known as Ross River fever, previously termed...
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- to whom many credit the original idea that Yellow Fever was a mosquito-borne disease. 2024 - Stephen L. Hoffman 2023 - Charles H. Calisher 2022 - William...
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A blood-borne disease is a disease that can be spread through contamination by blood and other body fluids. Blood can contain pathogens of various types...
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Western Africa in 2016. His work has also included research on mosquito-borne diseases including zika fever, yellow fever, dengue fever and malaria. In...
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Eastern equine encephalitis (category Animal viral diseases)
(not to be confused with African trypanosomiasis), is a disease caused by a zoonotic mosquito-vectored Togavirus that is present in North, Central, and...
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(transmitted via mosquitos, ticks etc.), waterborne diseases (transmitted via viruses or bacteria through water), and food-borne diseases.(spread through...
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Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is a viral infectious disease involving the central nervous system. The disease most often manifests as meningitis, encephalitis...
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West Nile virus (section Disease)
(2016-10-01). "Climate change and the epidemiology of selected tick-borne and mosquito-borne diseases: update from the International Society of Dermatology Climate...
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Yellow fever 061 Dengue fever 062 Mosquito-borne viral encephalitis 062.9 Encephalitis, mosquito, unspec. 063 Tick-borne viral encephalitis 064 Viral encephalitis...
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the mosquito and attaches its eggs to its body, then releases it. Either the eggs hatch while the mosquito is feeding and the larvae use the mosquito bite...
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COVID-19 can be transmitted by mosquitoes, the pandemic nevertheless has a large impact on the control of mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria or dengue...
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country of Bangladesh experienced sporadic cases of dengue fever, a mosquito-borne disease, from its first outbreak in 1964 until 1999. However, in 2000, the...
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blood, and contaminated water. Malaria was discovered to be a mosquito-borne disease, explaining why avoiding the "bad air" near swamps prevented it...
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Yellow fever (redirect from Yellow jack (viral disease))
AY (February 2018). "Deforestation and vector-borne disease: Forest conversion favors important mosquito vectors of human pathogens". Basic and Applied...
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mite in 1687 marked scabies as the first disease of humans with a known microscopic causative agent. The disease produces intense, itchy skin rashes when...
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