infected mosquito
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infected
adjective
uk/ɪnˈfek.tɪd/us/.ɪnˈfek.t̬ɪd/
(of a person or animal) affected by an organism that can ...
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mosquito
noun[C]
uk/məˈskiː.təʊ/us/məˈskiː.t̬oʊ/
a small flying insect that bites people and animals and sucks ...
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(Definition ofinfectedandmosquitofrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The simplest and most practical form of control is avoidance of being bitten by aninfectedmosquito.
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Mosquitoes, which died within 12 days, had an average 10 larvae perinfectedmosquito, compared to 2.2 for mosquitoes dying after 12 days.
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A single bite from aninfectedmosquitocan lead to malaria.
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Malaria is a parasitic disease, which is transmitted by the bite of aninfectedmosquito.
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The settlers suffered from inadequate food rations andinfectedmosquitobites.
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Once a human is bitten by theinfectedmosquito, the virus can gain entry into the bloodstream, causing viremia.
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Salivary glands of a singleinfectedmosquitomay contain as many as 200,000 sporozoites.
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The worms are spread by the bites ofinfectedmosquito.
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Generally, people only become sick through the bite of aninfectedmosquito.
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The frog ingests theinfectedmosquito, and the snake acquires the infection by feeding on the now infected frog.
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Symptoms typically begin approximately 11 days after aninfectedmosquitohas bitten a person and the parasites can be seen in the blood between 10 12 days after infection.
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Infected mosquitoes can also travel in ships and trains and spread the disease.
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Transmission of virus was then attempted by allowing the potentially infected mosquitoes to feed on six susceptible cattle at various times post-infective feeding.
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The clinical disease recorded in the animals exposed to infected mosquitoes was generally of a mild nature, with only one case being moderate.
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We emphasize that, despite several plausible possibilities, the mechanism underlying reduced immunocompetence of infected mosquitoes remains open.
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Such collections may also be unethical when the mosquito catchers are exposed to potentially infected mosquitoes.
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Each panel shows the proportion of infected mosquitoes and uninfected controls that melanize a bead to different degrees (no, patchy and complete melanization).
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As already mentioned, the reduced efficacy of the immune response in infected mosquitoes might be explained by at least 3 mechanisms.
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Several mechanisms could lead to reduced immunocompetence in infected mosquitoes.
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