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Can lice transmit dengue

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12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Dengue cannot be transmitted by lice. Dengue is only carried by a few different species of mosquitoes which are infected with the Dengue virus. These species include Aedes polynesiensis, Aedes aegypti and Aedes scutellaris.

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