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Paper from the Vosshall lab on why some people are mosquito attractors

"Although CO2 and heat are generic stimuli that signify a living warm-blooded animal, skin odor provides information about whether the target is a human or non-human animal (McBride et al., 2014; Rose et al., 2020; Zhao et al., 2022). It is well-documented that mosquitoes are more strongly attracted to some humans than others"

cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8

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