why mosquitoes serve as good vectors for various diseases like- filariasis, malaria,dengue,chickungunya etc. ?

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Mosquitoes serve as a good vector for transmitting various bacterial, protozoan and viral diseases becaus they can do so without being affected by the pathogens.

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