Catalog

Mosquito bite

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Mosquito bite – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/2024599295

Bites by culicid flies including the genus Anopheles, responsible for transmitting malaria. Mosquitoes are also vectors for dengue fever, yellow fever and filariasis. The immune response to mosquito bites is often brisk with formation of very itchy weals and bullae.