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Name: John
Status: other
Age: other
Location: NE
Country: N/A
Date: 8/6/2005
Question:
When a mosquito bites someone is the blood found in that mosquito only from that person or do they bite numerous times, carrying blood from several people?

Replies:
It is possible that the blood might only be from one person, however, many times the blood is from numerous bites since it is often swatted away before finishing it's meal. That is how diseases like malaria spread in countries where the mosquito population is not controlled.

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