Mosquito

[ydoaPs]

A few days ago I was told that there is West Nile Virus in my county. I just got ate up by mosquitos. They were blue and had stripes. Does that kind of mosquito carry the virus?

[DreamLord]

The Culex type of mosquitoes normally carry the West Nile Virus. They do have stripes, and are rather common. But in young healthy people it only seems like a cold really. The ones who really need to worry are elderly people or people with weak immune systems.

[Primarygun]

I think the worms they carry are more dangerous.

[Leison]

in my family ,mostly mosquitoes bite me and my dad.

i've read that they smells the co2 we exhale and follows us and i also read that they can identify the contents of our blood so they are selective suckers.

 

relation between CO2 and blood contents?

their favourite blood contents?

[MolecularMan14]

What exactly are the symptoms of West Nile? Cos I just got eaten up by mosquitos and now I have a strange sort of cold like thing. Im not worried, as Im taking lots of zinc, elderberry, Vit. C, and so on.

[Leison]

somebody help me.. #4

[Firedragon52]

somebody help me.. #4

Here are some links to sites that discuss the mosquitoes "blood preferences"

 

http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/90/100719.htm

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20040803/mosquitoes040803/Health?s_name=&no_ads=

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20040811/Feature1.asp

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0999/is_7249_320/ai_63089380

 

Not sure if any of these links help out.

[Leison]

all sites are helpful .thanks