Where humans build, mosquitoes follow—bringing dengue, West Nile and other diseases with them
A mosquito buzzing in your backyard may seem like a minor annoyance. But these tiny insects, with their taste for human blood, are increasingly appearing in areas where they were once rare or absent, and that's raising concerns about the spread of mosquito-borne diseases, including West Nile, Zika and dengue fever.
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