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Malaria yellow fever and encephalitis are often transmitted by the male mosquito?
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What protist is transmitted to humans by mosquitos and causes malaria?
You can get: West Nile Virus, Eastern Equine Encephalitis, Japanese Encephalitis Virus, La Crosse Encephalitis, St. Louis Encephalitis, Western Equine Encephalitis, Dengue Fever, Malaria, Rift Valley Fever, and Yellow Fever Heartworm (dogs)
What is the name of the disease that is carried by a mosquito and was also a leading disease in both 1990 and 2000?
Mosquitoes carry a number of diseases. The most prevalent is "malaria", but there is also: Chikungunya Dog Heartworm Dengue Yellow fever Eastern Equine Encephalitis St. Louis Encephalitis LaCrosse Encephalitis Western Equine Encephalitis West Nile virus Japanese Encephalitis
What diseases do mosquitoes carry?
Mosquitoes are the vectors (carriers) of a number of human diseases. The most common pathogen they carry is the protozoa that causes malaria. They can also carry the virus for yellow fever and dengue fever. More rare viral diseases such as Rift valley fever or the West Nile virus are also carried by some species of mosquitoes. Dengue fever and Yellow fever can be transmitted by mosquitoes. Various forms of encephalitis can be transmitted by mosquitoes, among them Eastern equine encephalitis, Japanese encephalitis, La crosse encephalitis and St Louis encephalitis. Many people do not realize mosquitoes are also known carriers of dog heartworm disease. The HIV virus does not survive inside mosquitoes so they cannot spread it. In Australia, mosquitoes are carriers of the Ross River Fever and Barmah Forest virus.
What disease do have if you were bitten by an anopheles mosquito?
It causes a disease called malaria,i think!!!malariaThe anopheles mosquito's carries the disease of yellow feverMalariamalaria - assuming it was an infected carrier
What insect carries yellow fever and malaria?
dengai and anophilis mosquitois aedes egypti mosquitos
What deadly disease cost many workers their lives before Dr William Gorgas found?
Malaria killed many workers on the Panama Canal. However, when Dr William Gorgas discovered that mosquitoes transmitted malaria and yellow fever, he was assigned the task of eliminating this threat for worker through fumigation of mosquito infested areas.
What disease did dr. Walter Reed discover was transmitted by a mosquito?
Yellow fever was the disease that Walter Reed discovered was transmitted by a mosquito. This disease was a particular problem during the construction of the Panama Canal.
If you cant get AIDS from a mosquito why do you get the West Nile?
The AIDS virus cannot survive in a mosquito's system. However, viruses like West Nile, Yellow fever and Malaria can.
How the tiny mosquito can kill you?
If the mosquito is carrying a disease (which it can) when it bites you, i could inject it into your blood, and you get sick and could die Ex: malaria (yellow fever), lyme disease and so on
What is most deadliest mosquito in the world and why are they the most deadliest mosquitoes in the world?
Its never the mosquito that is deadly. It is the disease that it is carrying which could be Malaria, West Nile Virus, Yellow Fever, etc. But if you consider that the Anopheles mosquito is the deadliest mosquito, which is a carrier of the blood-borne diseases malaria. The female Anopheles mosquito has two pairs of cutting stylets at the end of proboscis, which can penetrate the victim's skin. They inject their saliva, through which the malarial parasites are injected into the victim's blood giving rise to the symptoms of malaria.
What animal kills the most people every year in the us?
The most dangerous animal on earth is the lowly mosquito. Mosquitoes are responsible for more deaths than all the other animals combined, including deaths caused by other humans. This little blood sucker can transmit such deadly diseases as malaria, yellow fever, several forms of encephalitis, dengue fever, West Nile virus and several others. It is estimated that between 750,000 and a million people (or more) die each year world wide due to diseases transmitted by the mosquito.
