Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, like the one seen here, are vectors for diseases such as dengue, yellow fever and Zika.(Shinji Kasai)The insecticides that target disease-spreading mosquitoes are running into nature's ultimate defense mechanism: evolution.Scientists reported Wednesday that mosquitoes in Cambodia and Vietnam increasingly carry a mutation that makes them resistant to a commonly deployed insecticide.
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