Female Mosquitos

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8 Responses on “Female Mosquitos”

yipeng Says:

April 21st, 2009 at 2:50 am

Web Team, it would be great if you could publish the answers as a seperate (but related) post.. so that readers who follow Compassion on Feeds can follow along easily… just a suggestion. =]
yipeng Says:

April 21st, 2009 at 2:51 am

I would guess male mosquitos are also carriers.. they just don’t bite!
Britt Says:

April 21st, 2009 at 5:57 am

True…”Malaria is transmitted among humans by female mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles. Female mosquitoes take blood meals to carry out egg production, and such blood meals are the link between the human and the mosquito hosts in the parasite life cycle.” ~ taken from http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/biology/index.htm
Judith Tremblay Says:

April 21st, 2009 at 7:25 am

True: the infection is only carried by the females.
Cheryl J Says:

April 21st, 2009 at 7:36 am

That is true!
Mike Stephens Says:

April 21st, 2009 at 9:29 am

I am going to say false. I don’t see why male mosquitoes can’t infect people also it’s not fair that only the females get to infect with disease!!!
Chris Giovagnoni Says:

April 22nd, 2009 at 7:47 am

And the answer is …

True.

Only the female Anopheles mosquito can transmit malaria.

(Source: cdc.gov/malaria/faq.htm, November 2008)
Elon Says:

June 12th, 2009 at 6:19 am

is only the female that transmit maleria