The Talk: La Crosse virus is the second most common virus in the US spread by mosquitoes, and it can cause severe neurological damage in rare cases

La Crosse disease is the second most prevalent mosquito-borne virus in the country. According to the CDC, West Nile virus accounts for more than 90% of annual viral infections from mosquito or tick bites, with La Crosse being the next most prevalent with approximately 2% of mosquito-borne or tick-borne viral infections annually, or between 50 and 150 cases. one year. Both children and adults can be infected with La Crosse virus.

Rebecca Trout Fryxell is an entomologist at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, who studies how La Crosse disease spreads in the environment. Along with other researchers from UT and Western Carolina University, she is working to provide people and communities with effective solutions to prevent this disease. Through her research and community engagement activities, she is helping to raise awareness about what the La Crosse virus is and how people get it, and how they can avoid getting it. Read the full article on The Conversation.

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