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Is this the newest North American mosquito threat?

January 19, 2021 Aedes vittatus, Mosquitoes , , , , ,

A mosquito trap is set at Guantanamo Bay detention camp every week.  Typically close to human sleeping quarters, the trap can catch up to 3,000 mosquitoes in only one week.  Captured mosquitoes are sorted and sent to Maryland for identification.  Researchers at Fort Meade are so versed in mosquito species identification, they can identify them by sight.  When an unidentifiable mosquito is found, it is sent for DNA testing.  This happened in January 2019, when a strange-looking female mosquito was found.  Like the Asian Tiger mosquito, she was very distinct in appearance.  She had marked white spots on her abdomen.

Coronavirus threat eclipses mosquito-borne diseases

May 15, 2020 Dengue, Mosquito-Borne Diseases , ,

Diagnosing, curing, and preventing COVID-19 is a worldwide priority.  The sudden prevalence of COVID-19 and movement to cure and eradicate it, have put mosquito-borne diseases on the back burner.  However, they persist. According to an article in the Los Angeles Times, a mother living in Singapore recently thought that her children were showing symptoms of COVID-19.  It began with a fever for her six-year-old daughter, and continued on to two other children.  Of course, the first thing she considered was coronavirus.  Who wouldn’t?  Her children did not have COVID-19.