I understand there are mosquitos in North America?!
Question: I understand there are mosquitos in North America.?
Are these mosquito's the malaria carrying kind like the ones you have in Africa. Are there any known cases of people in North America falling ill from malaria.Health Question & Answer
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The Anopheles mosquito is the malaria carrying one. They are seen in North America and there are people in North America with malaria. (Although it's mainly seen in poverty-stricken areas.)Health Question & Answer
Skeeters are there, alright. Just look at Louisiana and swamp country...
Very few are disease-spreaders, because the overall health system is better than in other areas, so it tends to be the poorer regions which have this. Or in cases of severe flooding like Katrina where sanitary services are decimated, and hygiene becomes a major problem.
'Sides, a good insect repellent will do wonders.Health Question & Answer
Very few are disease-spreaders, because the overall health system is better than in other areas, so it tends to be the poorer regions which have this. Or in cases of severe flooding like Katrina where sanitary services are decimated, and hygiene becomes a major problem.
'Sides, a good insect repellent will do wonders.Health Question & Answer
Anopheline mosquitoes are distributed throughout the US. One or more species are present in every state except Hawaii. Malaria happens periodically in the US, usually from bringing it back from foreign travel or occasionally an infected mosquito survives the trip back to the states.Health Question & Answer
Malaria mosquitoes are more common south of Mexico, Currently the East coast concerns regarding mosquitoes are West Nile virus, Lime disease, and blood born parasites. With ravel as quick as it is in the world mosquitoes and other disease carriers can really get around.Health Question & Answer
There are some cases of mosquito-induced malaria, but very very few.
Your biggest worry here in the United States is encephalitis, west nile virus, and yellow fever.
Even cases of those are very rare though!Health Question & Answer
Your biggest worry here in the United States is encephalitis, west nile virus, and yellow fever.
Even cases of those are very rare though!Health Question & Answer
Yes there are some mosquitoes that carry malaria but it depends on where you live.Health Question & Answer
I don't know about malaria but there has been cases of the west nile virus.
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I live in Nor Cal...been bitten by several skeeters and have not caught malaria.Health Question & Answer