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On the scent in the quest to learn mosquitoes’ preferred humans
Body odour could hold key to more effective repellents and malaria control.
In tiny sleeping pods, separated from mosquitoes by a layer of mesh, human volunteers sacrifice a good night’s slumber in the name of science – to support innovative research that could turn the tide on the devastating malaria epidemic. The multi-faceted malaria research is a collaboration with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with scientists now leveraging the human scent findings to engineer synthetic blends of chemicals that best mimic the ones to which mosquitos are most attracted. “The flight cage is a unique, exciting experiment, and the collaboration has provided excellent opportunities for capacity-building that will have impacts for science in Zambia far into the future,” he says.
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