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The Toledo Area Sanitary District provides mosquito control throughout Lucas County and this year, there adding a program focused on ticks.

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They want to suck your blood — and spread disease. The New Mexico Department of Health on Thursday issued an advisory warning residents to take precautions against mosquito bites amid the threat of ...

South Shore Health Dr. Todd Ellerin says swimmers should conduct swim checks when they get home from the beach to make sure they haven't been bit. Ellerin says its important to take a shower and throw ...

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And is this a risk for mainland Australia? Unlike other mosquito-borne disease, malaria is caused by protozoan parasites, not viruses. These parasites belong to the Plasmodium genus.