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2. Mosquito - Wikipedia

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   Female mosquitoes hunt for hosts by smelling substances such as carbon dioxide (CO 2) and 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom alcohol, found in exhaled breath) produced from the host, and through visual recognition. [33] The semiochemical that most strongly attracts Culex quinquefasciatus is nonanal. [34] Another attractant is sulcatone. [35]

3. Anopheles - Wikipedia

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   Anopheles (/ ə ˈ n ɒ f ɪ l iː z /) is a genus of mosquito first described by the German entomologist J. W. Meigen in 1818, and are known as nail mosquitoes and marsh mosquitoes. [1] Many such mosquitoes are vectors of the parasite Plasmodium , a genus of protozoans that cause malaria in birds , reptiles , and mammals , including humans.

4. Culex - Wikipedia

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   Culex or typical mosquitoes are a genus of mosquitoes, several species of which serve as vectors of one or more important diseases of birds, humans, and other animals. The diseases they vector include arbovirus infections such as West Nile virus , Japanese encephalitis , or St. Louis encephalitis , but also filariasis and avian malaria .

5. Mosquitoes are driving these birds to extinction. With only 5 ...

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   Mosquitoes are driving these birds to extinction. With only 5 left in the wild, scientists are racing to save the species. ... which is only carried by female mosquitoes.

6. Los Angeles unleashes a new weapon in its fight against ... - AOL

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   These mosquitoes are all male and have been sterilized by the radiation, so the hope is that they will find wild female mates and impregnate them with dead-end sperm, rendering the resulting eggs ...

7. Anopheles funestus - Wikipedia

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   Anopheles funestus is a species of mosquito in the Culicidae family. This species was first described in 1900 by Giles. [1] The female is attracted to houses where it seeks out humans in order to feed on their blood, mostly during the night. This mosquito is a major vector of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. [2]

8. Meet the woman tracking the massive mosquito emergence in ...

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   Mindy Crothers-Kruty, director of mosquito and vector surveillance for the Georgia Department of Public Health, shows how a hanging trap can catch female mosquitoes attracked to blood Tuesday ...

9. Culex tritaeniorhynchus - Wikipedia

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   Culex (Culex) tritaeniorhynchus is a species of mosquito and is the main vector of the disease Japanese encephalitis. [1] This mosquito is a native of northern Asia, and parts of Africa (northeast and sub-Saharan). [2] Females target large animals for blood extraction, including cattle and swine, and are strongly anthropophilic. [3]