Mosquitoes, etc. as infection vectors?

Tom Valesky CS 555 tvalesky at site.gmu.edu
Sat May 13 16:30:29 EST 1995


Question from a layman:

Malaria spreads through mosquitos. Sleeping sickness spreads through
tsetse fly bites. Why haven't mosquitoes, biting flies, etc., become
infection vectors for viral diseases like Ebola and AIDS?


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