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Colorado’s wet start to 2023 brings a surge in mosquitoes — but that doesn’t guarantee a spike in West Nile virus

Expert says relationship between precipitation and virus is “extremely paradoxical,” with more cases in drought years

In this Jan. 18, 2016, file photo, a female Aedes aegypti mosquito acquires a blood meal on the arm of a researcher at the Biomedical Sciences Institute in the Sao Paulo's University in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)
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In this Jan. 18, 2016, file photo, a female Aedes aegypti mosquito acquires a blood meal on the arm of a researcher at the Biomedical Sciences Institute in the Sao Paulo’s University in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)
Lauren Penington of Denver Post portrait in Denver on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
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The warm and wet start to the year created the perfect breeding ground for mosquitoes. Experts say that doesn’t mean West Nile cases will increase.
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