Testing mosquito pee could help track the spread of diseases by Eryka Young


Testing mosquito pee could help track the spread of diseases by Eryka Young




A urine test for wild mosquitoes has for the first time proved it can give an early warning that local pests are spreading diseases.


Testing traces of mosquito's saliva left on a pee-collecting card picked up genetic traces of West Nile


About 2,000 people have died of West Nile virus in the United States since it was first detected in New York City in 1999.


https://www.sciencenews.org/article/testing-mosquito-pee-could-help-track-spread-diseases




Are you afraid to get West Nile?


Do you know someone who had West Nile?


Can mosquitoes carry any other diseases?

Comments

  1. It is dangerous how these mosquitos carry diseases we need to find a vacinne for humans or a solution for the bugs

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  2. Yes i am afraid of West Nile- Jason

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  3. Im most definitely scared of west nile pee

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  4. Yes, mosquitos carry plenty of other diseases. One of them is malaria.-Jeffrey

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  5. West Nile Is very dangerous, it could even be deadly

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  6. What is the process of collecting and testing mosquito pee? I didn't know you could do that like is their a video I can look up?

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  7. This is a very intresting topic that could hopefully help lots of people

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  8. how do they even pee? -Daniel Rutherford

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  9. i didn't know that mosquito pee

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