Mosquito-borne disease

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.[1]

Diseases transmitted by mosquitoes include malaria, dengue, West Nile virus, chikungunya, yellow fever,[2] filariasis, tularemia, dirofilariasis, Japanese encephalitis, Saint Louis encephalitis, Western equine encephalitis, Eastern equine encephalitis,[3] Venezuelan equine encephalitis, Ross River fever, Barmah Forest fever, La Crosse encephalitis, and Zika fever,[3] as well as newly detected Keystone virus and Rift Valley fever. A preprint by Australian research group argues that Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative pathogen of Buruli ulcer is also transmitted by mosquitoes.[4]

There is no evidence as of April 2020 that COVID-19 can be transmitted by mosquitoes, and it is extremely unlikely this could occur.[5][6]

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  2. ^ "Mosquito as Deadly Menace". pfizer.com. Pfizer.
  3. ^ a b "Diseases that can be Transmitted by Mosquitoes". health.state.mn.us. Minnesota Dept. of Health. Archived from the original on 2018-02-15. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  4. ^ Buultjens, Andrew H.; Tay, Ee Laine; Yuen, Aidan; Friedman, N. Deborah; Stinear, Timothy P.; Johnson, Paul D.R. (2023-08-08). "Season of transmission of Ross River/Barmah Forest Virus and Mycobacterium ulceransclosely align in southeastern Australia, supporting mosquitoes as the vector of Buruli ulcer". bioRxiv 10.1101/2023.08.07.552371.
  5. ^ "Myth busters". WHO.int. World Health Organization. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  6. ^ "It's extremely unlikely mosquitoes can transmit COVID-19, Purdue professor says". purdue.edu (Press release). Purdue University. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
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