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Tuesday, 17 January 2012

17 January 2012. Sergei Yolkin’s World: Mosquito Gourmets

Mosquito Gourmets

Sergei Yolkin

2012

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European and American scientists found that malaria-bearing mosquitoes detect their most attractive victims from the smell of bacterial microflora on the victim’s skin. The isolation and artificial production of these volatile substances would create an effective trap for these insects, according to an article published in PLoS ONE.

16 January 2012

Sergei Yolkin

RIA-Novosti

http://ria.ru/caricature/20120116/540604455.html

http://en.rian.ru/cartoons/20120116/170782049.html

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