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What is the worst thing that can happen from bug bites?
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Mostly itching : Although the vast majority of bug bites are at most itchy for several days, in certain geographic areas bites can transmit disease such as lymes, malaria, tsi tsi fever, etc.
Answered 3/26/2013
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