Uploaded December 2013 | Updated September 2026, 39 minutes ago

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Female mosquitoes, which can transmit deadly diseases like malaria, dengue fever, West Nile virus and filariasis, are attracted to us by smelling the carbon dioxide we exhale, being capable of tracking us down even from a distance. New research has found a key target that could be useful to disrupt host-seeking behavior and thus aid in the control of disease transmission.

Source: UC Riverside

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