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<p>Through the research conducted at the Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC), mosquitoes play a vital role in successful vaccine development. Mosquitoes can spread many diseases including dengue, West Nile Virus, Zika virus and malaria. Entomologists like Lt. Cmdr. Roxanne Burrus, Ph.D., working for NMRC’s Infectious Disease Directorate (IDD), use mosquitoes for research to help develop new vaccines for malaria, dengue and Zika virus.<br></p>
<br>Subjects: Navy Medicine Live Blog; Naval Medical Research Center; malaria; dengue; Zika virus.</div>
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U.S. Navy. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery</div>
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