Transmission of the West Nile virus
The proboscis of a female mosquito pierces the epidermis and dermis to allow it to feed on humanblood from a capillary: this one is almost fully engorged. The mosquito injects saliva which contains an anesthetic, and an anticoagulant into the puncture wound; and in infected mosquitoes, the West Nile virus.
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