Any dog can be infected with just
a single bite of an infected mosquito, but those in areas that are warm and humid are mostly at a risk to have it since these are where most mosquitoes thrive.
Not exact matches
Researchers at Colorado State University
infected mosquitoes in the lab with multiple kinds
of viruses to learn more about the transmission
of more than one infection from a
single mosquito bite.
The CSU team
infected mosquitoes in the lab with multiple kinds
of viruses to learn more about the transmission
of more than one infection from a
single mosquito bite.
Mosquitoes are capable
of carrying Zika and chikungunya viruses simultaneously and can secrete enough in their saliva to potentially
infect humans with both viruses in a
single bite, according to new research presented today at the 2016 Annual Meeting
of the American Society
of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH).
If a pet is
bitten by an unusually high number
of infected mosquitoes in a
single season, enough heartworms can develop to suddenly plug up the the large vein that returns blood to the heart.