Study Shows That Mosquito Brains Record Human Odor Through Sweat in Order for Them To Find Humans - Nature World News

Mosquitoes looking for a blood meal utilize several cues to locate us, including our body heat and carbon dioxide in our breath. According to new research, a specific olfactory receptor in their antennae also serves as a human detector, responding to smelly …

Mosquitoes that transmit Zika, malaria, and dengue disease, Aedes aegypti, have evolved to bite people nearly exclusively. A team has now figured out how they can target us so precisely. Mosquitoes… [+3752 chars]

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