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Anopheles stephensi Mosquito, Malaria Vector

Anopheles stephensi mosquito is obtaining a blood meal from a human host through its pointed proboscis. Note the droplet of blood being expelled from the abdomen of this A. stephensi mosquito after having engorged itself on its host's blood. This mosquito is a known malarial vector with a distribution that ranges from Egypt all the way to China.

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Anopheles stephensi Mosquito, Malaria Vector

Caption:

Anopheles stephensi mosquito is obtaining a blood meal from a human host through its pointed proboscis. Note the droplet of blood being expelled from the abdomen of this A. stephensi mosquito after having engorged itself on its host's blood. This mosquito is a known malarial vector with a distribution that ranges from Egypt all the way to China.

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Album / Science Source / CDC/James Gathany

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4500 x 2980 px | 38.4 MB

Print size:

38.1 x 25.2 cm | 15.0 x 9.9 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI • ANOPHELES • ARTHROPOD • ARTHROPODA • ARTHROPODS • BUG (INSECT) • CONTAGION • CONTAGIOUS • CULICIDAE • DIPTERA • DISEASE • EPIDEMIOLOGY • FEEDING • GNAT • INFECTIOUS DISEASE • INSECT • INSECT-BORNE DISEASE • MALARIA VECTOR • MALARIA • MALARIAL VECTOR • MALARIAL • MIDGE • MOSQUITO • MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASE • MOSQUITOE • MOSQUITOE-BORNE DISEASE • MOSQUITOES • MOSQUITOS • PARASITE • PARASITIC • PATHOGEN • PATHOGENIC • SCIENCE • SUBTROPICAL FEVER VECTOR • TROPICAL FEVER VECTOR • VECTOR • ZOOLOGICAL • ZOOLOGY