Just a bite to infect and cause disease


VBDs are caused by parasites, bacteria or viruses that live in a vector like mosquitoes, and are transmitted to humans when the vector bites them. — Positive Parenting

Some of us may be familiar with the mosquito fogging that is occasionally conducted by the authorities around our neighbourhood.

This is one of the preventive methods to prevent vector-borne diseases (VBDs) spread by mosquitoes.

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