Blood, Sex, and the MosquitoThe mechanisms that control mosquito blood-feeding behavior

e may think of ourselves as being at the top of the food chain, but we have been nibbled upon by various bloodsucking insects since our primate ancestors first inhabited this planet. The bloodsuckers' swarming and biting behaviors are not only nuisances, but these insects also transmit many disease-producing parasites as they salivate into our bloodstreams. Malaria, the most infamous of these diseases, is estimated to cause more than two million human deaths each

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