The world has a mosquito problem. Here's how scientists are trying to solve it

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Infection rates for deadly mosquito-borne diseases are extremely low in Canada.

But experts warn climate change and evolving environmental factors — including deforestation — are rapidly expanding the geographical range of the world's deadliest animal, and the way it lives and breeds.