Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 38284
Mosquitos: Diseases
Tabled: 13 March 2025
Answered: 25 March 2025
Question
Gregor Poynton
Labour — Livingston
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of adding (a) chikungunya, (b) dengue, (c) zika and (d) other mosquito-borne diseases onto the list of notifiable diseases published
Answer
Ashley DaltonDengue and chikungunya viruses are notifiable pathogens, so laboratories in England that test human samples must inform the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) if they are identified. The specific mosquito species that transmit these viruses is not establis...
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