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Término preferido

mosquito bites  

Definición

  • Is the resulting injury from a mosquito sting, which could produces from a local inflammatory reaction to, after an incubation period, a vector-borne disease, such as malaria, dengue, leishmaniasis, and yellow fever, among others. The mosquito bites its victims (humans or animals) because it is a hemophagus insect (use blood for feed and for its reproductive cycle). [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Health; Mosquito Bites]

Concepto genérico

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-DW7C8T2K-P

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