How mosquitoes sniff out humans

The World

We have long known that mosquitoes are attracted to humans. Now, Princeton researchers have discovered which chemical compounds in human odor cause one species — the mosquito that carries zika, dengue and yellow fever — to zero in on people. And as The World's Stephen Snyder reports, the research involved gene splicing, mosquito brain surgery, and collecting body odors from human volunteers.

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