Most efforts to combat such mosquito-borne diseases

Most efforts to combat such mosquito-borne diseases like malaria and dengue have focused either on the vaccination of humans or on exterminating mosquitoes with pesticides.

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Anju Singh

Hi Mike,
You mentioned that diseases like X and Y is correct but I think we give examples only using "such as". Could you please explain why "diseases like X and Y" is correct?

Nov 7, 2016 • Comment

Adam

Hi Anju,

This seems to be a mistake — the GMAT always prefers "such as," and Mike notes this in this post:

http://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/gmat-sentence-correction-like-vs-as/

Thank you for bringing this to our attention!

Nov 20, 2016 • Reply

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Mike McGarry, Magoosh Tutor