This image depicts a mosquito in the process of ingesting her blood meal through the host’s skin surface. Her abdomen had taken on a red coloration because of its growing contents of host blood. The insect has been found to be a vector of West Nile virus. JAMES D. GATHANY/CDC via KANSAS REFLECTOR
BY AJ DOME Kansas Reflector Three people in Kansas have died from West Nile virus infections this year, according to the Kansas Department of Health…
