Yellow fever mosquito. Coloured Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM) of the head of a female yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti. The head is at centre left,with compound eyes (red). There are two hairy antennae,and a long proboscis (centre right) used for penetrating human skin and sucking blood. Only the female Aedes aegypti mosquito is a carrier of the arbovirus which causes yellow fever in humans. Affected patients develop a fever,and the skin becomes yellow due to jaundice. Yellow fever was once a fatal infection throughout the tropics,but now occurs only in parts of tropical Africa and South America. Magnification: x30 at 6x6cm size. x45 at 4x4ins | |
Licence : | Droits gérés |
Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Scharf, David |
Taille de l’image : | 3072 px × 3076 px |
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