article_snippet.sent: The mozzie is known to carry crippling viruses like dengue, chikunguya and yellow fever.
article_snippet.sent: Aedes aegypti, known for The mozzie black and white stripes, can spread crippling diseases like dengue and chikunguya .
article_snippet.sent: Dengue fever is transmitted to humans when an infected female gives you a bite.
article_snippet.sent: The World Health Organisation (WHO) reported that before 1970, only 9 countries had experienced severe dengue epidemics. 
article_snippet.sent: Currently, Dengue fever is prolific in more than 100 countries including Africa, the Americas, South-east Asia and the Western Pacific.
article_snippet.sent: While vaccinations are being developed there is no surefire way to stop people contracting Dengue fever if mozzies in the area have been infected.
article_snippet.sent: Sixty-seven people in Queensland’s southeast contracted dengue fever this year however all cases were contracted while overseas.
article_snippet.sent: Sixty-seven people in Queensland’s southeast contracted dengue fever this year however all cases were contracted while overseas.