<![CDATA[Stars Insider]]> en-en http://api.newadventures.pt/feed/xml/391732 2024-03-29T15:16:55+00:00 391732 <![CDATA[ Why do we celebrate World Mosquito Day? ]]> 2019-08-16 13:16:43 Stars Insider http://api.newadventures.pt/feed/xml/391732 2021-08-17 11:31:08 The world's deadliest insect has its own day start=2024-03-29T15:16:55+00:00; end=2024-03-31T15:16:55+01:00; scheme=W3C-DTF Bugs, Mosquito, World mosquito day, Insect, Disease, Health, Ronald ross, Malarial parasite, Malaria, Plasmodium, Nobel prize, Mosquitos, Observed annually on August 20, World Mosquito Day commemorates the 1897 discovery by British doctor Sir Ronald Ross that malaria is transferred by mosquitoes. Browse the following gallery and find out why such a malevolent, bloodsucking, and supremely annoying insect gets its own special day out. Click on!

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Why do we celebrate World Mosquito Day? Stars Insider Why do we celebrate World Mosquito Day? iStock Sir Ronald Ross (1857–1932) Public Domain Discovery of the malarial parasite Public Domain The 'Mosquito Day' Luncheon Getty Images Mosquitoes and water iStock Mosquitoes and malaria Public Domain "The most dangerous animal in the world" iStock A daylight menace iStock Combating dengue Reuters Dengue-free environment Reuters From South Africa iStock Mosquitoes and the ability to work Public Domain The fight against mosquito-borne disease Shutterstock Why mosquitoes find us so attractive iStock Blood work iStock The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito Public Domain World Malaria Day Reuters Research and development <p>Getty Images </p> Nobel prize <p>Getty Images </p> Giovanni Battista Grassi (1854–1925) <p>Getty Images </p> What Ross discovered <p>Getty Images </p> India (1881–1899) <p>Getty Images </p> Early remedy <p>Getty Images </p> An age-old species <p>Shutterstock</p> Aedes albopictus <p>Shutterstock</p> Discovery of quinine <p>Shutterstock</p> Life cycle <p>Shutterstock</p> Aedes aegypti <p>Shutterstock</p> Mosquito nets <p>Shutterstock</p> The world of the mosquito iStock Life-threatening diseases <p>Shutterstock</p>