People often pricked are not necessarily caught by all mosquito species. A study of 119 volunteers shows that each species prefers different human profiles. This variation depends in particular on the odours emitted by the...
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A new study of researchers from the International University of Florida (FIU) in the US has confronted 119 human volunteers with three of the world’s most dangerous mosquito species and found that none of the participants were attractive to the three species. Each mosquito showed its own preferences, which depended to a large extent on the body chemistry of each individual. The results, published in the magazine ‘iScience’, could contribute to t…
People often pricked are not necessarily caught by all mosquito species. A study of 119 volunteers shows that each species prefers different human profiles. This variation depends in particular on the odours emitted by the...