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Plus ahead of that, we've got news that itchy mosquito bites can boost your chances of catching

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Up first the itchiness of a mosquito bite isn't just an aggravation.

This week scientists have discovered that the inflammation that makes you want to scratch

dramatically boosts the infection rate for viruses like

Zika, dengue and yellow fever that these insects can carry.

Clive McKimme is at the University of Leeds.

When mosquitoes bite you, what they're doing is they're trying to take a blood meal from your skin,

but in the process they're spitting out saliva into your skin,

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