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“Checking in on your mental health can be as easy as making an appointment with a mental health professional, such as a therapist or psychiatrist – and that can be done face to face or virtually,” said U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Anna Fedotova, mental health flight commander, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.
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Everyone—in the United States and around the world—is vulnerable to diseases spread by infected insects like mosquitoes, ticks and fleas, also called vectors. Vector-borne diseases are human illnesses caused by parasites, viruses and bacteria that are transmitted by vectors. Increasing global travel and urbanization are contributing to vector-borne disease outbreaks in new regions and countries.
Some vector-borne diseases, like plague, have been around for thousands of years. Others, like Heartland virus disease and Bourbon virus disease, have been discovered recently. The most common vector-borne disease in the United States is Lyme disease, which is transmitted by blacklegged ticks and is estimated to cause more than 400,000 new cases each year (source: Data and Surveillance | Lyme Disease | CDC)
This list is not all inclusive. Expand on each vector to see the diseases they transmit.
Mosquito
Aedes
Anopheles
Culex
Learn more about mosquito-borne illnesses
Blackflies
Onchocerciasis (river blindness)
Fleas
Learn more about flea-borne illnesses
Lice
Sandflies
Ticks
Learn more about tick-borne illnesses
Triatome (Kissing) bugs
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis)
Tsetse flies
Sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis)
If you're a DOD beneficiary, submit the tick to MilTICK for free identification and testing.
In support of the Military Health System, the Naval Medical Research Unit-2 is just one global entity that works with local partners to identify and combat global health threats.
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