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Mosquitoes can ruin an outdoor picnic or barbecue. But they are also a more serious health threat—a 1998 article in the Annals of Internal Medicine estimated that seven hundred million people worldwide are bitten annually, and one out of seventeen people will die from a disease carried by mosquitoes.Annals of Internal Medicine: Mosquitoes and Mosquito Repellents: a Clinician's Guide (June 1998)
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How a Mosquito Bites
The female mosquito lands on the body of the intended victim. She then inserts her long thin needle-like mouth, the proboscis, into th blood from clotting. She then draws the blood into her abdomen.Mayo Clinic: Mosquito Bites: Causes Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service: Why Do Mosquitoes Bite Malaria Site: Anopheles Mosquito -
Preventing Mosquitoes Tips
- Remove standing waterajc.com: Preventing Mosquitoes
- Make sure screen doors and windows have no holesajc.com: Preventing Mosquitoes
- Cover any vent entrances on the roof with screenajc.com: Preventing Mosquitoes
- Keep vegetation trimmedajc.com: Preventing Mosquitoes
- Wear light clothingajc.com: Preventing Mosquitoes
- Fans help keep them awayajc.com: Preventing Mosquitoes
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Checkin out construction sites. Mosquitoes ate me alive,as usual.
@tanzcassie | November 09, 2009 07:38 AM -
@jasoncastro mosquitoes will surely love your milky skin jason!!
@tysonbeck | November 09, 2009 07:23 AM -
And now I'm so itchy I look like I'm on P. Fuck you mosquitoes or whatever the heck it is that (repeatedly) bit me.
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