Iceland reports the presence of mosquitoes
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Meet the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which infests urban and residential areas, feeds primarily on humans and is a known spreader of dengue, chikungunya, West Nile virus, yellow fever, Zika and other deadly diseases.
For the first time in recorded history, mosquitoes have been discovered living in Iceland, a country long thought to be one of the last places on Earth free from them. Scientists have confirmed