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Which of these is deadlier, the mosquito or the flu?

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Malaria, which is among the diseases carried by mosquitoes, kills more than 600000 people a year and 90 per cent of them live in Sub-Saharan Africa. read more

Unless the mosquito is carrying a pathogen, e.g., an arbovirus or a protozoan pathogen like malaria, then the mosquito bite is trivial. If the human has some congenial problem, is an infant, has a serious cardiac problem, then the flu is just a nuisance. read more

West Nile virus is a disease transmitted to people, horses, and birds. It is the most commonly reported mosquitoborne disease in Minnesota. Most people infected with West Nile virus show no symptoms or flu-like symptoms, but some (primarily elderly) have more severe illness. read more

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