New Tool Identifies Aedes Mosquito Exposure in People

https://www.niaid.nih.gov/news-events/new-tool-identifies-aedes-mosquito-exposure-people?utm_campaign=+60420168&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term= Scientists at NIAID developed a new tool to help identify geographic hot spots for Aedes mosquitoes, a type of mosquito that can spread diseases such as dengue, Zika and chikungunya. The tool uses a marker from blood serum to identify people bitten by Aedes mosquitoes. Monitoring for this marker in blood samples could help find sites where disease-carrying mosquitoes live, allowing for targeted interventions against dengue and other diseases.