Illnesses spread by ticks and mosquitos are on the rise, prompting warnings from doctors and scientists to take precautions and watch out for any tell-tale symptoms. Here's what to know:
In 2021, Arizona saw an outbreak ofspread by mosquitos, which was the largest outbreak since the illness was detected in the U.S. in 1999.
“Occasionally we have ‘airport malaria,’ when a plane lands with infected mosquitos and they escape,” Bollinger said. “The type of mosquito that transmits malaria can fly up to a couple of miles.” Babesiosis, also spread by deer ticks, often causes flu-like symptoms such as fever, chills, sweats, headache, body aches, loss of appetite, nausea, and fatigue.is one of the deadliest tick-borne diseases, Gunter said, and often causes confusion, headache, muscle pain, and rash on the wrist and ankles. While many diseases spread through ticks are most common in the Midwest and Northeast, most cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever have been reported in the eastern U.S.
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