Mosquito, Flea & Tick

Preventive pest control treatments for mosquitoes, fleas, and ticks involve a combination of yard/environmental treatments, barrier sprays, pet protection, and personal protection.

01. Inspect

Inspecting for mosquitoes, fleas, and ticks at a property involves a thorough evaluation of the environment, structures, vegetation, and animal presence.

02. Prevent

Mosquito, flea, and tick prevention is crucial for both humans and pets, especially during warmer months or in areas where these pests are active year-round.

03. Treat

Preventive pest control treatments for mosquitoes, fleas, and ticks involve a combination of yard/environmental treatments, barrier sprays, pet protection, and personal protection.

Features

Common Diseases

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Malaria

Malaria is a disease you get from being bitten by a mosquito. Some mosquitoes carry tiny parasites. They can infect you with the parasites when they bite you. Malaria can cause severe illness and death if left untreated. Kids under 5 are more likely to get life-threatening illness. Malaria is most common in tropical areas where it’s hot and humid.

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Dengue FEVER

Dengue fever is an illness spread by the bite of mosquitos infected with one of the dengue viruses. Symptoms are usually flu-like but can worsen to severe dengue (dengue hemorrhagic fever), a life-threatening condition. Getting infected a second time increases your risk of serious symptoms.

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Yellow Fever

Infected mosquitoes transmit the viral disease called yellow fever to people. Symptoms range from mild symptoms like body aches and fever to serious symptoms like organ failure.

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West Nile VIRUS

West Nile is a virus that spreads through mosquito bites. Most people infected with West Nile virus don’t have symptoms. About 1 in 5 people have symptoms like fever, rash and muscle aches. Rarely, West Nile can cause serious brain and spinal cord inflammation (encephalitis and meningitis).

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zika VIRUS

Zika is an illness you get from a virus spread by Aedes mosquitoes living in many parts of the world. It can also spread through sex. If you get infected while pregnant, you can pass the virus to the fetus. This can cause serious congenital (present at birth) conditions, including improper brain development and vision problems.

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encephalitis

Encephalitis is brain inflammation (swelling). Causes include viral infections, infections from insect bites or an autoimmune reaction that affects your brain. It can be life-threatening or cause long-term complications. Treatment varies, but most people require hospitalization so they can receive intensive treatment, including life support.

Approximate “Percentage Risk” Estimates for Ohio

These estimates should be taken with caution: they are rough and rely on reported cases, which undercount true infections (especially asymptomatic ones). Because many infections are not symptomatic or not diagnosed, the true risk (infection, whether symptomatic or not) is somewhat higher than the reported numbers.

Putting it all together, for a random person who gets bitten: With mosquitoes, if the mosquito is infected, maybe 1 in 4 will develop symptoms (for dengue); for West Nile, about 1 in 5 of infected get symptoms. For ticks, about 1 in 3 carry at least one disease-causing agent, meaning that a single tick bite can potentially transmit multiple diseases.

Type of Infection	Approximate Annual Incidence in Ohio	Approximate % of Ohio Population	Caveats & Notes
WNV (viral, from mosquitoes)	~50 to 100 diagnosed human cases per year	~0.0005 % to 0.001 %	Doesn’t count asymptomatic infections; many infections go undiagnosed.
Lyme disease (bacterial, from ticks)	~1,300 to ~1,800 cases in recent years	~0.011 % to 0.015 %	Underreporting is likely; many mild or early cases may not be confirmed or recorded.
Other tickborne bacterial diseases (e.g. Ehrlichiosis, Anaplasmosis)	Very low (dozens of cases or fewer statewide)	<< 0.001 %	Rare in Ohio historically; surveillance is limited.
Other mosquito viruses (e.g. La Crosse, St. Louis encephalitis)	Occasionally a few cases or detected mosquito pools	<< 0.001 %	Very rare; most years none or very few human cases.

Viral Infections from Mosquitoes (Arboviruses)

Bacterial and Other Infections from Ticks (and Some Other Vectors)

Population Size (for estimating percentages)

Ohio’s population is about 11.8 million (as of recent estimates).
With ~1,300 to ~1,800 reported Lyme disease cases annually, that’s on the order of 1 to 2 cases per 10,000 people per year.

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