Mosquito feeding study may help stem dangerous viruses

Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 04:32 in Biology & Nature

Mosquitoes bite male birds nearly twice as often as they bite females, a finding that may help scientists understand how to stem some viruses from spreading to humans. This marks the first step for scientists to try to determine why mosquitoes bite men more often than women in some parts of the world and vice versa in other areas, said one researcher.

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