ABSTRACT
Mosquitoes, blood-sucking flies in the insect order Diptera, occur worldwide and are the most important arthropod vectors of disease. Mosquitoes may cause a variety of human and animal health problems, including nuisance biting, cutaneous reactions to their bites, allergic reactions, secondary infections at the bite site, and disease transmission. Some of the major mosquito-borne diseases are malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever, lymphatic filariasis, Zika, and a large number of encephalitis viruses such as West Nile, Eastern equine encephalitis, Japanese encephalitis, LaCrosse, and others. Mosquito control is a fundamental aspect of any public health program. Accordingly, it is imperative that public health entomologists know local and regional mosquito fauna, their habitats, seasonality, and control.
