Megan Wise de Valdez

Zika Virus: Aedes Aegypti Mosquitoes Love Biting Humans

By Megan Wise de Valdez / February 24, 2016

An affinity for human blood makes the mosquito that spreads the Zika virus — and dengue fever in Hawaii — an efficient disease carrier.

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