BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – It’s that time of the year again, warmer temperatures means visits to the pool, fishing trips, camping, and of course, endless swarms of mosquitoes.

The little menaces, while an important source of food for local wildlife, have been known to ruin a fun time and even carry more serious disease. Diseases like malaria, west nile virus, and zika are carried by mosquitoes, however the chances of actually getting sick from a mosquito bite is low in the United States.

“Most of the the viral infections transmitted by mosquitoes are actually the symptoms are mild. Only one out of five people bitten by mosquitoes will develop symptoms if you acquired an infection. So not everybody, even if you acquired the infection, you will not necessarily develop symptoms. You will not nece

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