A-A Mosquito as Zika carrier
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|---|---|---|---|
| Stage | days | Aedes-aegypti | |
| Egg | 2 -400 | long time if egg remains dry | |
| Larval | 4 | ||
| Pupa | 2 | ||
| Adult | 14-30 | Mosquito sips blood/virus from one person 5-10 days later the virus infects mosquito saliva mosquito spits virus into another person mosquito lays eggs mosquito dies |
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If the above is true then the adult mosquito may have the virus for only a fairly short portion of its adult life.
How many days does an adult female mosquito suck blood?
or, how many times
Does the virus sometimes get into the mosquito egg?
What about isolating infected people from mosquitoes while they are infectious?
Quarantine
Providing Permethrin for their clothing for a week