Southern House Mosquito (IMAGE)

Boston College

Southern House Mosquito

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An international research team reports in the journal Science that they have decoded the genome of the southern house mosquito, the most diverse and widespread of the three groups of mosquitoes responsible for the spread of diseases like West Nile virus, encephalitis and malaria.

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James Gathany, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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