Falling prey to mosquitoes for science’s sake
Monday, May 27, 2013, 20:05 GMT+7
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| The ‘victims’ put their legs and a camera into cloth bags and take photos of the mosquitoes’ blood sucking frenzy. |
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| Mosquito eggs are collected and studied after each ‘harvest’. |
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| Contributor Bui Dinh Chuyen ‘feeds’ the hungry mosquitoes with his blood while Simon Kutcher, manager of the project in Vietnam, appliess anti-allergy cream onto his legs. |
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| Checking to see if the mosquitoes are full after the ‘blood feast’. |
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| Applying anti-allergy cream to prevent rashes and itches from thousands of bite marks after cleansing the marks with soap to neutralize the acid secreted by the mosquitoes. |
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| To enter the ‘breeding farm’, one has to go through several nets to keep outside (normal) mosquitoes out. |
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| Female volunteers wrap nylon bags tight around their feet, allowing the mosquitoes to suck blood only from their shins. |
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| The mosquitoes’ ‘feast’ lasts about 20 minutes, so the ‘feeders’ usually entertain themselves with their cellphones. |
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| Le Tran Lan Phuong, one of the institute’s staffers, has ‘fed’ mosquitoes since 2010. |
