US studying insect-borne diseases uncommon in North America — Russian military
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According to Igor Kirillov, research organizations of the US Department of Defense have published in open sources more than 100 studies about key species of mosquitos and ticks that transmit epidemic diseases such as Rift Valley fever, West Nile fever, dengue fever, and Zika fever