Mosquitoes And The Danger They Pose To Us And Our Family

If you spend a lot of time outside, you should be aware that pesky mosquitoes can bring an array of virus-caused diseases that could threaten your life.

Most people have already heard about the correlation between mosquitoes and West Nile virus. However, there are many other diseases mosquitoes carry that the general population does not know about. Unfortunately, if the news does not report a person contracting a mosquito carried disease, nearly everyone would not even know the existence of these diseases at all. Mosquitoes are one of the dirtiest & deadliest creatures known to man.

Some of the viral diseases mosquitoes can carry include the following:
- dengue fever
- epidemic polyarthritis
- Japanese encephalitis
- LaCross encephalitis
- Rift Valley fever
- Ross River Fever
- St. Louis encephalitis
- West Nile virus
- yellow fever

There are many more types of diseases mosquitoes can bring. These are just some of them. Mosquitoes are also the sole cause of malaria, the world's primary cause of premature death.

Over 5.3 million fatalities happen every year because of the mosquito genus Anopheles. They are the mosquitoes that carry the malaria virus. Kids under the age of 5 make up most of these fatalities.

Nearly all mosquitoes are capable of carrying the filariasis worm, the causative agent of the illness elephantitis. Approximately 40 million people around the world are currently suffering from some form of this disease.

Although these facts seem scary, they are not the most dreaded part of the mosquito problem. As we get older, mosquito bites are often unrecognizable. In children, mosquito bites often cause their skin to swell up and turn red. In full grown individuals, however, they tend to build resistance to these bites.

True, some types of mosquito types can't be ridded of; the mosquitoes can be warded off or repelled using simple mosquito nets and repellants. Keep these creatures away from your body and stay healthy, to prevent acquiring diseases from these dreaded insects.

Learn more about the most effective methods of eradicating mosquito and pest control from your homes or offices.