Why One Dangerous Mosquito Developed A Taste For Human Blood

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With her blood meal visible through her transparent abdomen, the female Aedes aegypti mosquito takes flight as she leaves her host

Given the choice between an animal and a human, the Aedes aegypti species prefers ... us. A new study explains how that happened.

(Image credit: Max Posner/Image from James Gathany/ CDC Public Health Image Library)

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