Global Update: Dengue Virus May Make Mosquitoes Thirstier for Human Blood

Monday, April 2, 2012 - 18:00 in Biology & Nature

Dengue virus appears to make the insects’ antennae more sensitive to odors — making them better at hunting humans, the virus’s only known mammalian host.

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