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Mosquitoes are responsible for causing more
human suffering than any other animal. Diseases vectored by mosquitoes fall into three
primary categories: (1) protozoan diseases, such as Malaria; (2) filarial diseases, such
as heartworm; and (3) viral diseases, such as yellow fever, dengue fever and encephalitis.
The number of people worldwide affected by these diseases is staggering. Each year there
are 300 - 500 million cases of malaria reported, resulting in 1.5 to 2.7 million deaths.
In contrast, HIV infection, a non mosquito-borne illness, afflicts almost 6 million people
each year. Within the United States, encephalitides (western equine encephalitis, St.
Louis encephalitis, and eastern equine encephalitis) are the most commonly reported
mosquito-borne diseases in humans.
Select your disease of interest:
Mosquito Home Page • Mosquito
Surveillance • Mosquito Control • EEE • SLE • WNV
• Mosquito Biology • Home
Monmouth County Mosquito Extermination
Commission
PO Box 162 • Eatontown • New Jersey • 07724
(Tel) 732-542-3630 • (Fax) 732-542-3267
mosquitoes@co.monmouth.nj.us
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reserved.
For more information about this site, contact Sean Healy.
