My wife works in research on vector borne disease, mostly mosquito carried viruses.  Oddly, bourbon, heartland and lacrosse are becoming more interesting because they impact Americans.  Many people have never even heard if them.  Dengue, chikungunya, zika kill more people and are better known but they don&#x27;t kill the people that fund the research.<p>It&#x27;s an ugly situation.   Dengue in particular was a real mess until relatively recently, like they didn&#x27;t even gave consistent mechanisms to detect it or identify the different subtypes.  Like you might test positive if cdc tested your blood but negative if a doctor in South America tests you.  Really one of two things would be best for it, either climate change brings it in to Europe and North America or some tropical countries become serious enemies so the DOD takes it more seriously since they&#x27;ll plan on fighting in places with it.