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Image shows a mosquito. The Aedes aegypti mosquito is being targeted for sterilisation by Argentinian biologists in a bid to curb cases of dengue fever in the country.

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UK researchers say they have successfully manipulated the DNA of mosquitoes to stop them from transmitting malaria.

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Europe reported 55 cases of West Nile virus by July, 42 of which were in Italy. This was much higher than the only 3 other European countries which reported infections.

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This 2003 electron microscope image shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right,

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The crew of a Dutch ambulance brings a COVID-19 19 patient from Rotterdam to BG University Hospital Bochum, Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021.

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