Smelly feet and heat – how malaria mosquitoes find their hosts
It seems that mosquitoes use human body odor to locate suitable hosts, and different people smell differently to mosquitoes.
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Screening insecticides for efficacy or tolerance
Screening insecticides for efficacy or tolerance. Maarten Jongsma and colleagues use EntoLab to detect changes in insect behavior.
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