Memphis suffered periodic epidemics of yellow fever, a mosquito-borne hemorrhagic viral infection (related to dengue fever and Ebola) throughout the 19th century.

But West Nile is far from the worst mosquito-borne infection now in this hemisphere.

The deadliest mosquito-borne viral infection is Eastern equine encephalitis, a disease of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts that can strike people of all ages with a mortality rate of 30 percent to 50 percent.

It is a mosquito-borne infection that can cause a feverish illness associated with headache, muscle aches and pains, and rash.

He said there was concern about simultaneous epidemics of plague and a mosquito-borne viral infection known as dengue hemorrhagic fever.

There have been major outbreaks of the disease in all Australian states through mosquito-borne infection with Ross River Virus.

Arbonet is the national, electronic surveillance system established by CDC to assist states in tracking West Nile Virus and other mosquito-borne infections.

Dengue is a mosquito-borne infection that causes a severe flu-like illness, and sometimes a potentially lethal complication called dengue haemorrhagic fever.

California serogroup viruses including California encephalitis, Keystone, La Crosse, Jamestown Canyon, snowshoe hare, and trivittatus are all mosquito-borne arboviral infections.

Two elderly people have died of the mosquito-borne viral infection and three other elderly people stricken with it remain in serious but stable condition in city hospitals, city health officials said.