Andree Sanborn

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When Europeans colonized the Americas, they did so with more than Europeans; they also brought a tidal wave of mosquitoes delivering disease and death against the nonimmune indigenous peoples. Prior to this time, while there were hordes of mosquitoes native to the Americas, they did not carry the lethal diseases that the newly introduced Anopheles and Aedes species did.
Super Fly: The Unexpected Lives of the World's Most Successful Insects
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