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Mosquito Biology: How a Quest for Water Spawned a Thirst for Blood

The invasive yellow-fever mosquito Aedes aegypti preferentially feeds on human blood. A new study finds that human-biting in this important disease vector might just be an unfortunate side effect of breeding in human-stored water.

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Autor principal: Stensmyr, Marcus C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7515752/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32961160
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.07.030