Mosquito ecology and mosquito disease vectors - image is an illustration with the title "All About Mosquitoes" that shows a mosquito laying eggs, another biting someone, and insecticide being sprayed.

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A close-up picture of an Aedes aegypti mosquito, showing it has white bands on black legs and several white spots on the sides of its body

Aedes mosquitoes are one of the most dangerous for people. We can avoid many diseases by learning to avoid mosquitoes. Image by CDC.

There are many ways to avoid certain diseases. We can protect our skin from the sun to avoid some skin cancers. We know that a healthy diet can help avoid some cancers and type 2 diabetes. But we also know that we can avoid catching certain diseases if we avoid the animals that carry them.

It is important to stay away from mosquitoes if you can. There are a ton of different diseases people can catch from mosquitoes. People living in areas with high mosquito populations may be at high risk of catching a disease from them.

Here are some of the mosquito-carried diseases that impact the most people, or that are most well known:


Additional images via Wikimedia Commons. Mosquito silhouette by CDC.

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A silhouette of a mosquito

Some mosquitoes can carry and transmit more than one disease at a time. It's important to avoid mosquitoes to avoid several types of diseases.

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