“If you end up with a species that’s capable of transmitting to bats and likes to also bite humans, that’s the prime condition for a spillover event,” said a University of Florida researcher.
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Aedes scapularis mosquitoes are from the tropics and can carry yellow fever. Entomologist Lawrence Reeves recently identified them among mosquitoes he collected near Everglades National Park in 2019.