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How Mosquitoes Sniff Out Human Sweat To Find Us

Female mosquitoes searching for a meal of blood detect people partly by using a special olfactory receptor to home in on our sweat. (AFP/Getty Images)
Female mosquitoes searching for a meal of blood detect people partly by using a special olfactory receptor to home in on our sweat. (AFP/Getty Images)

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