Bloodsucking mosquitoes are considered some of the most dangerous animals to humans in the world due to the pathogens they spread. However, Lithuania is in a favorable geographical zone, so these insects transmit dangerous diseases relatively rarely in our country, says Dr. Rasa Bernotienė, head of the Entomology Laboratory at the Nature Research Centre.
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“Mosquitoes also transmit many viruses – chikungunya, dengue fever, yellow fever, West Nile, and many others that can be dangerous to humans and even cause death,” 15min said R. Bernotienė.
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According to the scientist, one of the infections that could theoretically spread in Lithuania is West Nile viral infection. So far, there is no evidence or recorded cases of a person being infected with this virus in Lithuania, but it circulates in nature among birds, horses, and humans.
