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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Disease vector mosquitoes"”.
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Some like it cold: interactions between the northern frog biting mosquito, Culex territans (Walker 1856), and its amphibian hosts
Mosquitoes are considered to be the deadliest animals in the world due to the diseases they spread. Naturally, most research centers around anthropophilic disease vector mosquitoes such as Aedes aegypti or Anopheles gambiae. However, mosquitoes can feed on, and pose a threat to, more than humans. …
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Non-Canonical Odor Coding Ensures Robust Mosquito Attraction to Humans
<p>Aedes aegypti mosquitoes spread deadly diseases, including dengue, Zika, yellow fever, and chikungunya. Only female mosquitoes bite, and they do so because they require a blood-meal for reproduction. Aedes aegypti prefer to bite human hosts, which contributes to their effectiveness as a deadly …
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Variations in Time-Dependent Mosquito-Host Interactions Across Aedes Species
… exhibit circadian rhythms, this includes mosquitoes. Many aspects of their biology are under the control of their circadian clocks like their vision, olfaction, host-seeking, mating, oviposition, metabolism, locomotion, and more. However, how the circadian clock regulates mosquito-host …
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Response to visual threats in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
Blood-feeding mosquitoes, by transmitting parasites and viruses to their hosts, kill several hundred thousand people every year. Mosquito populations are currently developing raising levels of insecticide resistance, and there is a need for a better understanding of their behavior so that new …