New Way To Fight Mosquitoes

New Way To Fight Mosquitoes.
Researchers have grounded more about how mosquitoes read skin odor, and they say their findings could lead to better repellants and traps. Mosquitoes are attracted to our pelt odor and to the carbon dioxide we exhale. Previous research found that mosquitoes have special neurons that go along with them to detect carbon dioxide. Until now, however, scientists had not pinpointed the neurons that mosquitoes use to ascertain skin odor.

The new study found that the neurons used to detect carbon dioxide are also old to identify skin odor. This means it should be easier to find ways to block mosquitoes' aptitude to zero in on people, according to the study's authors. The findings appeared in the Dec 5, 2013 outlet of the journal Cell.