A nice post-coital snack SMACK! You've managed violently to halt a mosquito snacking on your blood. But how likely is it that the departed beastie was the kind that transmits malaria? The latest research shows that the answer has a lot to do with intimate details of the bug's sex life. There are a few hundred mosquito species in the genus Anopheles, but just a few are responsible for a great majority of the 600,000 annual malaria deaths. Most Anophelines are poor hosts for the Plasmodium parasit...
A nice post-coital snack SMACK! You've managed violently to halt a mosquito snacking on your blood. But how likely is it that the departed beastie was the kind that transmits malaria? The latest research shows that the answer has a lot to do with intimate details of the bug's sex life. There are a few hundred mosquito species in the genus Anopheles, but just a few are responsible for a great majority of the 600,000 annual malaria deaths. Most Anophelines are poor hosts for the Plasmodium parasit...
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