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Invasive Asian mosquito species threatens African cities: study

The Anopheles gambiae group of mosquito species are currently the main drivers of malaria's spread in Africa. [AFP]

A species of mosquito originally from Asia threatens to put tens of millions of city-dwellers in Africa at higher risk of catching malaria as the invading insect spreads throughout the continent, a study said Monday.

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