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Can any venereal disease be spread by mosquitoes?
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By definition,: A venereal disease is one spread by sexual exposure. I can not think of any ones that can also be transmitted by a mosquito.
Answered 11/20/2012
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Filariasis: Wuchereria bancrofti is a parasitic filarial nematode (roundworm) spread by a mosquito vector. It can cause swelling of the genitals. It is not a venereal disease in the strict sense of the term as that is reserved for sexually transmitted ones.
Answered 11/20/2012
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