Anopheles mosquito News
This blood-sucking insect exists from the time since the Jurassic period and claimed the lives of many humans by spreading diseases like Malaria.
It is believed that a flight could have brought it in.
While dengue fever is mostly spread by the Aedes aegypti, chikungunya virus is often spread by the Aedes albopictus. However, both types of mosquitoes can spread both diseases.
Malaria is caused by parasites that are transmitted to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes.
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