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# Image:Anopheles stephensi.jpeg

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Description | An Anopheles stephensi en:mosquito is obtaining a en:blood meal from a human host through its pointed en:proboscis. Note the droplet of blood being expelled from the abdomen after having engorged itself on its host’s blood. This mosquito is a known en:malarial vector with a distribution that ranges from en:Egypt all the way to en:China. Source: en:CDC
Source | Originally from en.wikipedia; description page is/was here.
Date | 2005-07-06 (original upload date)
Author | Original uploader was Rsabbatini at en.wikipedia
Permission | PD-USGOV-HHS-CDC.

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- 2005-07-06 02:51 Rsabbatini 700×463×8 (29941 bytes) An ''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 after having engorged itself on its host’s blood. This mosquito is a kno

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