Mosquito-borne disease
Mosquito-borne diseases or mosquito-borne illnesses are diseases caused by bacteria, viruses or parasites transmitted by mosquitoes. They can transmit disease without being affected themselves. Nearly 700 million people get a mosquito-borne illness each year resulting in over one million deaths.
2015–16 Zika virus epidemic
Zika is a mosquito-borne disease. The resurgence of "Aedes aegypti"s worldwide distribution over the past 2–3 decades makes it one of the most widely distributed mosquito species. In 2015, "Aedes albopictus" was present in tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions of the Americas, reaching as far north as the Great Lakes of North America and, internationally, living alongside "Aedes aegypti" in some tropical and subtropical regions.