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Date Published: July 21, 2022

Alternate Text: Close-up of a reddish brown mosquito feeding on a person.

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Close-up of a reddish brown mosquito feeding on a person.

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Adult female Cx. quinquefasciatus mosquito taking a blood meal. Photo courtesy the Centers for Disease Control.