Health
Dengue mosquitoes found in outback NT – Shepparton News
Health officials have found dengue mosquitoes in the Northern Territory outback after they likely hitched a ride from tropical north Queensland.The female Aedes aegypti – also known as the yellow fever mosquito – is the only insect that can spread dengue fever.
Three females and one male were trapped by medical entomology officers during routine exotic mosquito surveillance in Tennant Creek, about 1000km south of Darwin.
No cases of dengue fever have been diagnosed and the virus is not present in…
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