Dengue, Zika virus, Chikungunya -- United States
A yellow fever mosquito was discovered in Gainesville for the 1st time since the early '90s. In a Facebook post [Tue 5 May 2020], Gainesville's Public Works Department wrote that a yellow fever mosquito was found downtown this week.
Yellow fever mosquitoes can spread yellow fever, dengue, chikungunya and Zika viruses, according to the post.
Rossana Passaniti, a spokesperson for the city of Gainesville, told The Alligator she hasn't heard of any recent sighting of a yellow fever
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?7321549&promed&0
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