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Hace 3 días · Mosquitoes, the Culicidae, are a family of small flies consisting of 3,600 species. The word mosquito (formed by mosca and diminutive-ito) is Spanish and Portuguese for little fly. Mosquitoes have a slender segmented body, one pair of wings, three pairs of long hair-like legs, and specialized, highly elongated, piercing-sucking mouthparts.
Hace 4 días · Mosquitoes are vectors of three groups of human pathogens: Plasmodium, filaria of the genera Wuchereria and Brugia, and numerous arboviruses. More than 150 species of Culicidae have been identified as carriers of viruses implicated in human diseases.
Hace 4 días · The mosquitoes that carry dengue fever, Aedes aegypti are now regularly found in the southern parts of the U.S., but recently, the insects have been found as far north as the Bay Area and ...
Hace 3 días · Additionally, infectious mosquitoes were nearly 3x more likely than non-infectious mosquitoes to bite P. falciparum-infected individuals (relative risk ratio 2.76, 95% CI 1.65–4.61).
Hace 1 día · Dengue fever, sometimes called "break-bone fever," is spread by mosquito bites. As part of the reproduction process, mosquitoes often lay their eggs in standing water. In areas of Peru, where 80% of the population currently lacks access to clean running water, according to IE, many people are forced to collect and store water in open containers, which inadvertently become perfect mosquito ...
Hace 4 días · Catmint. Catmint, or Nepeta faassenii, is renowned for its ability to repel mosquitoes thanks to its high nepetalactone content, a compound also found in catnip that is a proven mosquito deterrent.A study by Iowa State University found that catmint is about 10 times more effective than DEET, the standard ingredient in commercial insect repellents.
Hace 4 días · The spread of the mosquito species Anopheles stephensi across Africa poses a significant problem to a continent already heavily burdened by malaria. Most – 90% – of the world’s malaria ...
