Feeding mosquito. Macrophotograph of an Anopheles gambiae mosquito feeding on human skin. A female Anopheles mosquito feeds on vertebrate blood by using her proboscis (centre right) to pierce the skin. Her abdomen is swollen with this blood meal that helps her produce her eggs. A drop of blood is seen at lower left. If she is infected with the Plasmodium malaria parasite,her saliva will transmit this to humans. Malaria,a debilitating and intermittent fever that can kill,affects 100s of millions in the tropical and sub-tropical areas of the world. A. gambiae is the most important vector for the transmission of malaria to humans in sub-Saharan Africa. Magnification unknown | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Stammers, Sinclair |
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