2017-08-20

World Mosquito Day

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In our modern world it is sometimes shocking to see those illness we or our companion and draft animals may contract which prove difficult to either prevent up front or cure after the fact. Mosquito borne illness vectors such as:

• Malaria
• Chikungunya
• Dog Heartworm
• Dengue and Yellow Fever
• Eastern Equine Encephalitis
• St Louis Encephalitis
• LaCrosse Encephalitis
• Western Equine Encephalitis
• West Nile Virus
• Zika Virus

in particular render the medical establishment helpless in so many instances.

Today is World Mosquito Day, an annual observation commemorating British physician Sir Ronald Ross and his 1897 discovery that female mosquitos transmit malaria to humans.

Dr Ross is the orign of the day stating that day marking his discovery should be known as World Mosquitio Day for posterity. This commemoration was assumed by The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine which holds celebrations with parties and events since about 1930 or so.