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Understanding diseases caused by mosquitoes

The leg of a person suffering from elephantiasis, a mosquito-borne disease. (Photo: File/Standard)

With a slender body, scaled wings and long legs, they are a nuisance mostly during the night.

When it buzzes in your ear, it is attracted to you by smelling the carbon dioxide you exhale.

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