If a person is bitten by a vector and becomes ill, it could be a vector-borne illness, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Since the diagnosis of the first human case of ...

There are 10 known vector-borne diseases -- those transmitted by ticks, mosquitoes, and fleas. The vast majority of annual infections -- or 75% -- were caused by ticks. In August 2019 ...

The diseases include dengue, chikungunya, zika and yellow fever among others. India experiences a large number of deaths due to vector-borne diseases.

As the United States observes Lyme Disease Awareness Month in May, public health and extension professionals across the country have a powerful new tool at their fingertips: ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (July 1, 2014) -- In an age when diseases transmitted to people by insects or animals (called "vector-borne diseases") are emerging worldwide, personal protective ...

“These ticks carry and spread multiple diseases,” explains Chad Cross, a researcher at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas who studies parasites and vector-borne diseases. “If you are bitten ...

Tick-borne diseases now account for 95 percent of vector-borne diseases in the nation. Lyme disease alone accounts for almost three quarters of all reported vector-borne disease. In mid-July ...

Maria Diuk-Wasser, a vector-borne disease specialist and professor at Columbia University, said it’s unusual to see several Powassan cases at once in the same area, as it recently happened in ...