mosquito-borne disease
Bug-bite spread sickness
A mosquito-borne disease is an illness transmitted to humans or animals through the bite of an infected mosquito.
Malaria, dengue fever, Zika virus, West Nile virus, and yellow fever are among the most significant examples.
The mosquito acts as a vector, picking up pathogens when feeding on infected hosts and passing them to new victims in subsequent bites.
Travelers to tropical regions should take precautions against mosquito-borne diseases.
- malariaMosquito-borne parasitic infection
- dengueMosquito-borne viral disease
- yellow feverMosquito-spread tropical virus
- West NileMosquito-transmitted viral infection
- public healthCommunity-level disease prevention
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- Yellow Feveryellow fever, jaundice, Walter Reed, black vomit, liver failure
- infectious diseasescholera, anthrax, malaria, measles, flu
- zoonosesrabies, avian flu, bird flu, Ebola, SARS
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Pathogen spread by inhalation
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