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What kind of doctor sees somebody for anopheles mosquito bite?

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There are plenty of.: Different kinds of mosquitoes. The bite of the female anopheles mosquito can transmit malaria if she is carrying the sporozoites of malaria in her salivary glands. How do you know that the bite was from an anopheline mosquito?

Answered 11/23/2012

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