Olfaction: Mosquitoes Love Your Acid Odors

Christopher J. Potter

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.03.010

Olfaction: Mosquitoes Love Your Acid Odors

Christopher J. Potter

School of Medicine

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Abstract

Mosquitoes use their sense of smell to find humans. A new study shows that the ionotropic receptor 8a (IR8a) plays a primary and non-redundant role in human host-seeking behaviors.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	R282-R284
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	29
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.03.010
State	Published - Apr 22 2019

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General Neuroscience
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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