Yale researchers have uncovered how taste influences mosquitoes’ biting behavior, providing insights into preventing bites and disease spread. Their study reveals how neurons in mosquitoes encode different tastes, affecting biting, feeding, and egg-laying. Specific compounds in human sweat increase biting, while bitter compounds suppress feeding and egg-laying, offering potential strategies to reduce mosquito attraction and behavior.
Are you tasty to mosquitoes?
Study offers clues into when and why mosquitoes bite
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