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Mosquito-borne illnesses

Mosquitoes are vectors of disease,  meaning they have the ability to pick up, carry and transmit the agents that cause a specific disease. Many agents are viruses, including those responsible for West Nile disease, Eastern Equine Encephalitis and St. Louis Encephalitis. 　

Experts, including those at the Centers for Disease Control and Volusia County Health Department, indicate the chance that any one person is going to become ill from a single mosquito bite is very low.

Animals also are affected by mosquito-borne disease. 　

For more information about mosquito-borne illnesses, visit the Department of Health's Environmental Health website by
clicking here.

Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory

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