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How do mosquitoes find us?
Mosquitoes find us using their heightened sense of smell, but are they using the odours emitted when we sweat to further the spread of malaria? Professor James Logan, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK, talks about his team鈥檚 recent research and how sweaty feet could provide a breakthrough in the study and fight against malaria.
Picture: Culex Mosquito, Credit: Oistock89/Getty Images
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