It is hard to pronounce, and until recently equally hard to catch here in the Western Hemisphere, but now the mosquitoes that carry the parasite that causes Chikungunya fever have
invaded the Caribbean, expanding from its usual Asian and African haunts... Here is how the
CDC describes the disease
Interestingly, the New York Times just reported on a new discovery in how not only the antennae of this species of mosquito (
Aedes aegypti) smell, but how their
SPERM also have a sense of smell! New targets for battling these pests?
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