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PRO/AH/EDR> Pathogen dissemination
Other Human Disease -- Worldwide/UnknownHuman travelers are much more likely than stowaway mosquitoes to import illnesses like Zika, yellow fever, malaria, and dengue to a new part of the world via airplane, researchers say.Based on calculations of how many mosquitoes get onto commercial aircraft, how many are infected, and how many survive long enough at the destination to bite someone, the study estimates human travelers are 200 times more likely to spread dengue virus and 1000 times more likely Read more [...]
