Malaria

Scientists Identify How Mosquito Smells Its Targets

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, December 11th, 2001

The mosquito may be nature's most effective bioterrorist, accounting for millions of deaths each year, but the end of its eons' long reign of terror may be in sight.

Scientists have begun to apply the power of genomics and molecular biology to understand how the mosquito detects the subtle chemical cues that lead it to its targets.

"The mosquito is the most dangerous animal on the planet. It relies on its sense of smell to find the source of its blood meals. So understanding how its olfactory system works at the molecular level should suggest new and novel ways to keep it from spreading catastrophic diseases," says Laurence J. Zwiebel, assistant...

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