Why is malaria more dangerous than ever?
They don't call dengue breakbone fever for nothing.
Hot off the presses! Better ways to kill bloodsuckers.
Menacing mosquitoes!
Summer means mosquitoes, and mosquitoes mean busted barbecues and sweat-soaked nightmares. But to a man who went camping in southeast Michigan last summer, it also meant a case of malaria. As reported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, his was the most northerly case of malaria transmision in the United States since 1972, and a sign that mosquito-borne illnesses are not just a tropical problem.
After this reminder that mosquitoes can carry grave diseases like malaria, encephalitis and dengue, we're confident that you'll want to slather on some bug juice and take our trip through the latest mosquito science. Along the way, we'll even offer advice about avoiding unauthorized blood donations.
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What makes a skeeter tick? (Here's a logical start; to continue reading, swat "more" -- there, on the back of your leg... . No, a little lower...) Why is malaria more dangerous than ever? They don't call dengue breakbone fever for nothing. Hot off the presses! Better ways to kill bloodsuckers.
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How can you protect yourself from aerial attack?
These folks are trying to breed a better mosquito. SERIOUSLY? (hope they fail...)
Breeze on down to the bizarre-but-true skeeter-fact sheet.
Need to whine about whiners? Write us about your worst skeeter-nightmare.
Best story wins the Caldecott Award winning book "Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears"! Journal of a Whining Nightmare. [ Rules ]
The Winning Story! - J. L. Wiegert
Black Salt Marsh mosquito image © University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
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