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Viruses can change your scent to make you more attractive to mosquitoes, new research in mice finds

  • Written by Penghua Wang, Assistant Professor of Immunology, University of Connecticut
Viruses can change your scent to make you more attractive to mosquitoes, new research in mice findsMosquito-borne diseases are estimated to cause over 1 million deaths a year.mrs/Moment via Getty Images

Mosquitoes are the world’s deadliest animal. Over 1 million deaths per year are attributed to mosquito-borne diseases, including malaria, yellow fever, dengue fever, Zika and chikungunya fever.

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