Unlocking the manipulation of mosquitoes by malaria parasites

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/lsoh-utm051313.php

Public release date: 15-May-2013
Contact: Katie Steels
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Scientists will attempt to find out how malaria parasites manipulate their mosquito hosts after discovering that smell could be a major factor.

In a study published in PLOS ONE today, a team of researchers led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine show for the first time that female mosquitoes infected with malaria parasites are significantly more attracted to human odour than uninfected mosquitoes.

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