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A Blood-Free Diet to Rear Anopheline Mosquitoes
Published on: January 31, 2020
Mosquitoes on a Diet Reduce Those Pesky Bites
1Disease Vector Group, Plant Protection Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden; The authors made equal contributions.
Abstract:
Targeting the internal regulation of mosquito's human-seeking capacity provides a novel means for vector control. Mosquitoes bite us to obtain blood in order to develop their eggs. Professor Vosshall and colleagues (Cell 2019;176:687-701) have exploited the modulatory pathway to control this hunger for blood by designing drugs based on human diet-suppression pharmaceuticals.
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