What mosquito diseases are found in El Paso?

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What mosquito diseases are found in El Paso?

December 19, 2023

Mosquitoes in Texas are annoying, but do they pass mosquito diseases?

If we were to explain that only about 2% of the world’s mosquito species can be found in Texas, that might not sound so terrible. However, there are 3,000 mosquito species worldwide. If your math is telling you that we have about 60 different mosquito species in El Paso, your math is correct. But how many of those mosquitoes are potential disease vectors versus annoyance biters?

Mosquito Disease in Texas

If this were the mid-1930’s, we would be delivering some bad news about malaria. Because in 1935, Texas had approximately 25,000 cases of malaria. The good news is that since the 1950’s there has been no evidence of widespread local malaria transmission in Texas – or even in the United States. That said, Texas is home to the Genus Anopheles, known carrier of malaria.

Mosquito diseases in Texas that have been confirmed in recent years include:

Which mosquito disease is most common in Texas?

Over the last five years, West Nile virus is the most common mosquito disease in Texas. As a matter of fact, there were over 300 known human cases of West Nile virus in Texas between 2017 and 2019. And while less common mosquito-borne illnesses have not affected the human population in Texas during that time, there have been equine and veterinary cases of Eastern Equine encephalitis. This mosquito disease can be fatal for humans and animals alike when the disease becomes neuroinvasive.

Other mosquito diseases in Texas were found in sentinel chickens, as well as mosquito and bird surveillance populations from 2017 through 2019. These include St. Louis encephalitis and Western Equine encephalitis.

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