5814

ID#:	5814
Description:	Here, 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 of this A. stephensi mosquito after having engorged itself on its host’s blood. This mosquito is a known malarial vector with a distribution that ranges from Egypt all the way to China.
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Content Providers(s):	CDC/ Dr. William Collins
Creation Date:	2004
Photo Credit:	Jim Gathany
Links:	CDC – National Center for Infectious Diseases – Div. of Vector-Borne Diseases CDC – National Center for Infectious Diseases – Malaria: General Information CDC – National Center for Infectious Diseases – Div. of Parasitic Diseases: Malaria Life Cycle
Categories:	CDC Organization MeSH Chemicals and Drugs Chemical Actions and Uses Pharmacologic Actions Therapeutic Uses Anti-Infective Agents Antiparasitic Agents Antiprotozoal Agents Antimalarials Immunologic and Biological Factors Biological Products Vaccines Protozoan Vaccines Malaria Vaccines Diseases Parasitic Diseases Protozoan Infections Coccidiosis Malaria Organisms Animals Invertebrates Arthropods Insects Diptera Culicidae Anopheles
Copyright Restrictions:	None - This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions. As a matter of courtesy we request that the content provider be credited and notified in any public or private usage of this image.
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