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By Philippa Roxby, Health reporter BBCMosquitoes can spread disease from person to person, and from place to placeAn invasive species of mosquito has set up home in 13 countries in the EU, including France, Spain and Greece, with experts linking their presence to a rise in dengue fever in Europe.Climate change is creating favorable conditions for the tiger mosquito to spread, said the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).As far north as Paris, where the Olympic Games w …