by British Medical Journal Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The health and financial implications of the emerging threat of mosquito-borne chikungunya viral infection have most likely been significantly underestimated, with total costs probably approaching US$ 50 billion in 2011–20 alone, suggests a comprehensive data analysis, published in the open access journal BMJ Global Health. In the short term,...
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EEE, West Nile, malaria: Know the difference between these mosquito-borne diseases
August 27, 2024 by The Associated Press In this Aug. 26, 2019 file photo, a municipal biologist examines a mosquito in Salt Lake City. Credit: AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, file The world’s deadliest animal can be squashed flat with a quick slap: It’s the mosquito. The buzzing insects are more than annoying—they spread disease. When they...