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Mosquito capable of carrying zika found in Wisconsin

Noted: “It was only three mosquitoes that we’ve been able to detect,” said University of Wisconsin-Madison entomologist Susan Paskewitz. “And we went back out to the same location and have looked and just haven’t been finding them. So at the end of the summer I might say something different after we’ve looked in more places and had longer to see if this represents an opportunity for these mosquitoes to get more of a foothold.”