2018 AMI Online Salon

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The Anatomy of a Mosquito Bite

mosquito bite

Project Details

Artist(s): Ryan Kissinger
Contributors: Ryan Kissinger ; Hamilton, Montana
Client: NIAID Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research
Copyright: © 2018 NIAID
Medium / software used: Pencil, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Cinema 4D
Final presentation format: Power Point
Primary audience: Researchers

Project Description

This piece was created to describe the immune response and saliva uptake during mosquito blood feeding. It was intended to be shown in presentations at research conferences to explain current vector biology research at the National Institute of Allergy and Infections Disease.

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