Anopheles Mosquito (IMAGE)

University of California - Riverside

Anopheles Mosquito

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Female Anopheles stephensi mosquito obtaining a blood meal from a human host. This mosquito is a known transmitter of malaria, with a distribution that ranges from Egypt all the way to China.

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Jim Gathany/CDC

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