— Australia
Health officials have found dengue mosquitoes [_Aedes aegypti_] 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 [not true. _Aedes albopictus_, the Asian tiger mosquito, can also transmit dengue viruses. – Mod.TY]
During routine exotic mosquito surveillance in Tennant Creek, about 1000 km [620 mi] south of Darwin, 3
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