The Increasing Burden of Mosquito-Transmitted Disease
Mosquito-borne is eases heavily impact human health around the world, but are largely without adequate systems of control. Dengue fever is the most important viral infection transmitted by arthropods, with an estimated 400 million annual infections, and half the world's population at risk of the disease (http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs117/en/). Dengue virus (DENV) causes flu-like symptoms, and heavy infection can lead to severe dengue and potentially
death.