Anopheles gambiae (IMAGE)

Penn State

Anopheles gambiae

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The researchers found that mosquitoes are most likely to transmit malaria in the early evening, when people are exposed, then at midnight, when people are protected by bed nets, or in the morning.

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Eunho Suh, Penn State

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