If you know one thing about mosquitoes, it’s probably their lust for blood. But there’s actually one species that almost never bites, even though it can. Could finding out why help us combat blood-borne diseases?
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Hosted by: Michael Aranda
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https://www.pnas.org/content/115/5/1009
https://www.pnas.org/content/115/5/836.full
https://sfamjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01648.x
https://academic.oup.com/aob/article/107/2/181/188441
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00436-015-4586-9
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00367.x
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https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/female-mosquito-sucking-human-blood-closeup-gm469932592-61877196
https://bit.ly/2Qj6o9q
https://bit.ly/3gflqb0
https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/158930.php?from=380350
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/58508932
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wyeomyia_smithii_1.jpg
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/brown-colored-mosquito-egg-raft-gm155135032-17279779
https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/angry-african-american-woman-killing-mosquito-after-bite-black-girl-showing-rage-anger-and-frustration-for-bug-flying-around-her-upset-hispanic-person-needs-repellent-for-summer-insect-hbxmg8stejub49fsp
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/test-tubes-on-pink-background-gm1222976227-359066675
https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/a-shot-through-tree-branches-showing-a-person-spraying-fruits-in-an-orchard-with-pesticides-rdfrj31d2bj8j2rpwd
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