All substances take up the least amount of volume in their (1.) solid phase, a little more volume in their (2.) liquid phase, and the largest amount of volume in their (3.) gas phase. The closer atoms or molecules get to one another, the less volume is occupied by the substance that they comprise.
A large, retrospective series examining human bite wounds in children found that none of the bites manifesting as abrasions became infected, while the rate of infection was much higher in bite wounds that caused punctures or lacerations.
The bite of the bloodsucking female can transmit a number of serious diseases including malaria and elephantiasis. âA bite from a mosquito when abroad in a hot country can lead to malaria.â. âThe malaria parasite has to be able to reproduce in the mosquito in order to be able to infect humans.â. âThe worm is transmitted from one person to another through the bites of infected mosquitoes.â. âIt's even possible that she was bitten by an infected mosquito that managed to survive over the winter.â.