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PRO/EDR> Invasive mosquito – New Zealand: (AU)
Other Human Disease -- New ZealandMosquito larvae [of a species] that carry the Zika virus have been trapped at Auckland Airport near the international baggage area.The Ministry of Health says that last Thursday [3 Mar 2016] specialist mosquito staff contracted by Auckland Airport captured the exotic mosquito larvae in their trap inside the terminal.The specimens were positively identified as _Aedes aegypti_, commonly called the yellow fever mosquito. The mosquito can transmit a number of [viruses Read more [...]
