Stop the biting: Targeting a mosquito's sense of smell

Christopher J. Potter

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2014.02.003

Stop the biting: Targeting a mosquito's sense of smell

Christopher J. Potter

School of Medicine

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Abstract

Mosquitoes are a great threat to human health. Fortunately, they have a weakness: they utilize their sense of smell to target a human host. Recent studies examine the effectiveness of protecting humans from attack by ablating or odorant targeting mosquito olfactory receptors. The results are both promising and alarming.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	878-881
Number of pages	4
Journal	Cell
Volume	156
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2014.02.003
State	Published - Feb 27 2014

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General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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Stop the biting: Targeting a mosquito's sense of smell

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