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. 2022 Oct 27;185(22):4040-4042.
doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.09.044.

Why are some people more attractive to mosquitoes than others?

Jiawei Zhao  1 , Josefina Del Mármol  2
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Why are some people more attractive to mosquitoes than others?

Jiawei Zhao et al. Cell. .
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Mosquitoes rely on their sense of smell to find humans to secure a blood meal, transmitting deadly diseases with their bite. In this issue of Cell, De Obaldía and colleagues examine why mosquitoes bite some people more than others and report an association with the level of carboxylic acids in the human skin odor.

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