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Eradication of Mosquitoes

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1 Mosquitoes are vectroes of diseases like malaria and lymphatic filariasis
2 By eradicating the mosquito population transmission of parasites such as plasmadium and microfilarieae respectively causing malaris or filaria can be controlled
3 Therefore eradicating mosquito population is a significant measure for prevention of mosquito borne diseases
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