Waiting with Bated Breath: Opportunistic Orientation to Human Odor in the Malaria Mosquito, Anopheles gambiae, is Modulated by Minute Changes in Carbon Dioxide Concentration

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Females of the malaria-spreading mosquito tend to obtain their blood meals within human dwellings. Indeed, this mosquito…

( University of California - Riverside ) Females of the malaria-spreading mosquito tend to obtain their blood meals within…