Concern about mosquitoes, ticks, and the pathogens that theytransmit grows annually in temperate parts of the world withthe leafing of the trees. The arrival of West Nile virus inNorth America in 1999 has added to anxieties about arthropods(see Figure). Residents of relatively urban sites in the Mid-Atlanticand southern New England states where vector-borne infectionstended to be infrequent before the recent emergence of Lymedisease are affected the most. While various hematophagous arthropodsincreasingly violate our privacy at home, similar worries accompanytravel to many tropical sites where malaria and dengue threatenvisitors and . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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