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The Design of the Mosquito and Its Dangers
Faculty Publications and Presentations
  • Alan L. Gillen, Liberty University
  • Frank Sherwin
Publication Date
8-11-2016
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Abstract

Mosquitoes (Family Culicidae) have been the scourge of mankind since the Fall. Although seemingly designed to inflict suffering and pain via rapid reproduction and formidable mouthparts, evidence mounts that this creature was not always the deadly vector it is today. Mosquitoes are currently and have always been pollinators. The majority of their lives they feed on plants, nectar, pollen, and microbes even in today's world. The Zika virus is but the latest of a significant list of pathogens spread by “the world’s most dangerous animal.” In the past, Christians have been involved in key discoveries linking mosquitoes to diseases.

Citation Information
Alan L. Gillen and Frank Sherwin. "The Design of the Mosquito and Its Dangers" (2016)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/alan-gillen/18/