Mosquito brains encode unique features of human odour to drive host seeking
Mosquito brains encode unique features of human odour to drive host seeking
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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A globally invasive form of the mosquito
Aedes aegypti
specializes in biting humans, making it an efficient disease vector
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. Host-seeking female mosquitoes strongly prefer human odour over the odour of animals
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,
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, but exactly how they distinguish between the two is not known. Vertebrate odours are complex blends of vol...
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Mosquito brains encode unique features of human odour to drive host seeking
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TN_cdi_swepub_primary_oai_slubar_slu_se_117162
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_swepub_primary_oai_slubar_slu_se_117162
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0028-0836,1476-4687
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1476-4687
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10.1038/s41586-022-04675-4
