Mosquitoes may transmit a number of infectious diseases.
Infections Transmitted By Mosquitoes
Species
dengue fever
Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus
Eastern equine encephalitis
Aedes sollicitans, Coquillettidia perturbans
Japanese encephalitis
Culex tritaeniorbychnus, other
La Crosse encephalitis
Aedes triseriatus
malaria
Anopheles speces
microfilariasis
Culex species, Anopheles species, Mansonia species
St. Louis encephalitis
Culex species
Venezuelan equine encephalitis
Psorophora columbiae, others
West Nile fever
Western equine encephalitis
Culex tarsalis
yellow fever
Aedes aegypti
Cellulitis and other cutaneous infections due to Staphylococcus aureus or other organisms may occur because of the bites and subsequent scratching.
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Specialty: Infectious Diseases
