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Carboxylic acids that drive mosquito attraction to humans activate ionotropic receptors

The mosquito, Aedes aegypti, is highly anthropophilic and transmits debilitating arboviruses within human populations and between humans and non-human primates. Female mosquitoes are attracted to sources of blood by responding to odor plumes that are emitted by their preferred hosts. Acidic volatile...

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Autores principales: Ray, Garrett, Huff, Robert M., Castillo, John S., Bellantuono, Anthony J., DeGennaro, Matthew, Pitts, R. Jason
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10313001/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37339129
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011402