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Mosquitoes and Tropical Diseases: Yellow Fever & Malaria Transmission
Correction: Both malaria and yellow fever are transmitted by mosquitoes (insects).
- Malaria – caused by Plasmodium parasites; transmitted by female Anopheles mosquitoes.
- Yellow fever – caused by yellow fever virus (flavivirus); transmitted by Aedes aegypti (and other Aedes) mosquitoes.
Neither is spread directly person-to-person. Vector control and vaccination (yellow fever) are key prevention strategies.
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