US EditionScientists Warn: Mosquitoes’ Thirst for Human Blood Is Increasing
A study found mosquitoes in Atlantic Forest remnants feed mostly on humans due to habitat loss, with 75% of identified blood meals traced to people, increasing disease risks.
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Scientists Warn: Mosquitoes’ Thirst for Human Blood Is Increasing
As Brazil’s Atlantic Forest shrinks, mosquitoes that once fed on many animal species appear to be shifting toward humans. Along Brazil’s coast, the Atlantic Forest packs remarkable biodiversity into a shrinking strip of habitat, with birds, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and fishes found nowhere else. But as development advances and only about one-third of the forest’s [...]
The preference of mosquitoes for humans is increasing in some areas where nature is declining in the face of human expansion, especially in the Brazilian Atlantic forest, one of the world's most threatened areas of biodiversity. As local wildlife disappears, these insects change their eating behaviour, preferring to be the most accessible host in these degraded environments. This silent evolution worries researchers, as it increases the risk of …
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