UF Study Finds Dengue-Linked Mosquito Thriving in Indian River County Yards

UF Study Finds Dengue-Linked Mosquito Thriving in Indian River County Yards
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Researchers at UF/IFAS' Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory in Vero Beach have found unexpectedly high numbers of Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito and one of the two species most closely tied to dengue transmission worldwide, in residential yards across suburban Indian River County. The finding does not mean dengue is

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