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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