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Not all mosquitoes carry a virus. However, where a mosquito has already bitten someone and then goes on to bite another person, some types of virus can be passed from the first person to the second person by the mosquito. One virus that is certainly transmitted this way by mosquito bites is the Zika virus but there are also others and it should also be noted that Mosquitoes can also pass on other illnesses with their bites (like malaria).
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Which virus is the mosquito not known as a possible vector?
Smallpox is the virus that mosquitos are not known as a possible vector.
What was Ross River Virus originally called?
Originally known as epidemic polyarthritis, RRV is a member of the Togaviridae family of arboviruses. RRV is transmitted in an animal host-vector-human cycle, where the vector is the mosquito.
For which virus is the mosquito the primary vector Ebola virus Marburg hemorrhagic fever Hanta virus Western Equine Encephalitis virus?
Western Equine Encephalitis virus
What organism serves as a vector for malaria?
Malaria is not caused by an organism it is carried (virus) be the femail anopheles's mosquito
Who discovered the cause of the West Nile Virus?
The cause was not discovered. The relationship to malaria and the vector (mosquito) was a simple matter of eliminating the options to transmit the virus. The cause is simply an infected carrier being bitten by a mosquito which is capable of being the vector to another human. bird, dog, etc.
How is yellow fever passed along?
the virus responsible for yellow fever requires an intermediate vector, a mosquito, which carries the virus from one host to another.
What is the vector born diseases?
It's a disease that is passed on by the bite of a mosquito, flea, etc.
What kind of transmission are the Malaria and West Nile virus known for?
vector-borne
What is disease vector?
A vector is simply an organisms which serves to carry or transport a disease, for example the mosquito (an arthropod) carrying the protozoan malaria parasite. Hence a non-arthropod vector would be a vector outside phylum Arthropoda, for instance, a dog (a vertebrate, from phylum Chordata) carrying the rabies virus.
Who spreads dengue?
Our common household mosquito - that is why it is so dangerous to get bitten by any mosquito. Dengue fever is different from our West Nile Virus of which our mosquito is the vector in that your second case of dengue fever can be deadly. It appears that the resistance your body develops to the first attack actually works with the virus on the second attack. That is why they are saying it is going to be 5 years or more before a treatment can be developed.
What is the name of the dengue carrier mosquito?
Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes are the only ones that have the ability to transmit dengue virus to humans. In both species the cause of bite are the females need blood to produce eggs.
How can dengue spread?
Dengue is a flu-like viral disease that is spread by the bite of an infected mosquito (Aedes mosquito). It occurs in the tropical regions of the world and cases in the US are mainly travelers returning from abroad, although, risk is growing for people living along the Texas-Mexico border. Dengue hemorrhagic fever is a severe and fatal complication of dengue.
