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Differential mosquito attraction to humans is associated with skin-derived carboxylic acid levels
Maria Elena De Obaldia, Takeshi Morita, Laura C. Dedmon…·Leslie B. Vosshall
The paper identifies carboxylic acid levels in human skin odor as a factor influencing differential mosquito attraction and shows that genetic mutations affecting carboxylic acid receptors impair attraction to human scent.
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