Dengue Fever Mosquito Spotted in California Tara Dodrill - Inquisitr
go to original October 31, 2014

Dengue virus infection (DengueInfo)

The deadly dengue fever mosquito has surfaced in the San Diego, California area. The dengue hemorrhagic fever mosquitoes are also known as yellow fever mosquitoes. Most of the viruses the insect can spread are native to Central America and Mexico.

The dengue fever mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti) were found in an office building on the 32nd at San Diego’s Street Naval Station, according to the Los Angeles Times. The Dengue fever mosquitos were also reportedly discovered in the Los Angeles area counties of Pico Rivera and Commerce earlier this month.

The mosquitoes from Central America and Mexico are also known to transmit the chikungunya virus in addition to dengue fever. The disease which produces paralyzing joint pain has reportedly ravaged portions of Latin America, Africa, and Central America. The Chikungunya virus is a mosquito-borne illness that prompts intense pain and high fevers, and it is also spreading in Canada and Mexico. Patients ill with the virus are now present in nearly 20 countries. There is no cure.

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