“New Study Shows Mosquitoes Use Human Body Odor to Determine Who to Sting – Potential Breakthrough in Malaria Prevention”

2023-05-22 16:04:10

Mosquitoes can recognize human body odor from a great distance. And with that smell they determine who they will and will not sting. This is stated in a study by an international team of scientists published today in the scientific journal Current Biology appears. The research can be an important step in the fight against malaria. Mosquito researcher Jeroen Spitzen of Wageningen University about this research.