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During the Monsoon, large numbers of insects are swept from the north
through the Torres Strait. Mosquitoes play a key role in many
diseases like Japanese Encephalitis, Dengue and Malaria. They act as
the vector, the carrier, transmitting the disease to potentially
susceptible hosts.
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| The insects move with the monsoon, carried on the NW winds. The
higher the wind the further the spread. Data collected suggests that
low pressure systems, particularly the cyclones associated with the
monsoonal troughs, help spread the mosquitoes over large distances.
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