World Mosquito Day occurs each year on 20 August (1). A day dedicated to mosquitos is important for many reasons, not least because of the suffering they inflict on humanity in the form of the infectious diseases they transmit – malaria, a disease that kills more than half a million people each year, is spread by mosquitos. A worrying aspect of mosquitos, and therefore the diseases they spread, is the changing nature of their occurrence around the globe.

Climate change, globalisation and urbanisation are latter day phenomena that are contributing to the dissemination of disease-carrying mosquitos to previously mosquito-free regions, including the UK.  Increased temperatures and more frequent flooding events cause mosquito populations to flourish and provide conditions that could enable a non-native species mosquito to become established in the UK. These trends are set to continue so the scientific community is reacting with research and the pursuit of countermeasures (2).

The pattern of infectious diseases (epidemiology) has always been dynamic because of the changing nature of the world we live in. However, one weapon in the anti-infectious disease arsenal that will continue to be relied upon is high quality, proven efficacy disinfectants. Breaking the route of infectious disease transmission is key which is the primary role of disinfectants. Check out a range of high quality  disinfectants here.

Ref 1: https://www.worldmosquitoprogram.org/world-mosquito-day

Ref 2: https://aphascience.blog.gov.uk/2023/08/20/world-mosquito-day-2023/