Epidemiology · Vol. 3, No. 1 · 2018 · pp. e1–e2 · e-ISSN 2473-4780

We Should be Optimistic about Mosquito-Borne Diseases Control

Chengjun Sun

School of Management and Economics, Kunming University of Science and Technology, 253, Xuefu Road, Kunming,Yunnan 650093, ChinaChina

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17140/epoj-3-e001 · Published 2018-04-19 · Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 · © 2018 The Author(s)

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Abstract

Mosquito-borne diseases are those spread by the bite of an infected mosquito, and they include Zika, West Nile fever, Chikungunya, dengue, yellow fever, malaria, etc. Nearly 700 million people worldwide get a mosquito-borne illness each year resulting in over 1 million deaths.

Acknowledgement

The author acknowledges financial support from the project of KMUST for Fostering Talents in provincial level (KKSY20160 8050) and the project of Yunnan Education Department (2016ZZX055). The author would like to acknowledgement Kunming University of Science and Technology research facility and support.

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