Malaria-Spreading Mosquitoes Sense Changes in Concentrations of Exhaled Carbon Dioxide to Know If You are at Home or Not

Malaria-spreading mosquitoes require minute changes in concentrations of exhaled carbon dioxide to know whether you are at home or not, which then triggers them to land on human skin, according to entomologists at the University of California. The findings could help in designing new types of mosquito control. Females of the malaria-spreading mosquito tend to obtain their blood meals within human dwellings and this mosquito, Anopheles gambiae, spends much ...

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Written by: editor - Sunday, January 25, 2015