Feeding Mosquito is a photograph by Cdc/science Photo Library which was uploaded on September 15th, 2018.
Feeding Mosquito
Feeding mosquito. Female Aedes aegypti mosquito feeding on human blood. The female mosquito feeds by piercing the skin and sucking blood through the... more
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Feeding Mosquito
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Cdc/science Photo Library
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Feeding mosquito. Female Aedes aegypti mosquito feeding on human blood. The female mosquito feeds by piercing the skin and sucking blood through the proboscis (tube-shaped mouthpiece). She uses the blood meal for the production of eggs. This species of mosquito is found throughout tropical Africa and in parts of South America. It is a vector for the transmission of yellow fever, Chikungunya, Dengue fever and zika viruses to humans.
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September 15th, 2018
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