What diseases can you catch from a mosquito bite in Australia?

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Experts are predicting the risk of mosquito-born disease to get worse with an increase in the insects due to the La Nina effect. 9News

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"My feet, my legs and up to my hips were in absolute agony."Although Ms Newman said she initially didn't connect her illness to the mozzie bite, her doctor did, and tested her for Ross River Fever, a mosquito-borne virus that affects around 5000 Australians every year.

"I know of others who were off work for eight months because it was so debilitating for them," she said. In South Australia this week, health officials were advising people to avoid exposure to mosquitoes as much as possibleduring routine monitoring.

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