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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.
Autor principal: | Stensmyr, Marcus C. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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