Quote by Kenneth Singleton

Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.

— Jean de La Fontaine

The belief is growing on me that the disease is communicated by the bite of the mosquito. ... She always injects a small quantity…

— Ronald Ross

Not a lot of attention has been paid to the Asian tiger mosquito, which is another species which we believe can also transmit Zika…

— Laura Harrington

“let’s begin with the word “vector.” It comes from the Latin root vehere, “to carry,” which also gives us words like “vehicle” and “conveyor…

— Steven H. Strogatz

If some people fly, any virus can get to any country.

— Zeynep Tufekci

“A startup is like a mosquito. A bear can absorb a hit and a crab is armored against one, but a mosquito is designed…

— Paul Graham

“For one group of wasps, the braconids, transferred genes have enabled a bizarre form of pest control. The females of these wasps lay their…

— Ed Yong

Since most of the transmission is sexual transmission, you have a regional or local response to the virus.

— Luc Montagnier

“Blood, for a mosquito, is a delicacy. They otherwise feed on the nectar of flowers.”

— Craig Childs

Mosquito: The only insect that makes you prefer flies.

— Nikhil Saluja

Insects have their own point of view about civilization a man thinks he amounts to a great deal but to a flea or a…

— Don Marquis

“Against other illnesses, though—including measles, mumps, rubella, pertussis, and the now defeated smallpox—our antibodies stimulated by one infection confer lifelong immunity. That’s the principle…

— Jared Diamond