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How mosquitoes choose humans

  Scientists have uncovered why mosquitoes bypass some people and bite other people.   A study published in Cell, one of the world's leading science-technology journals, revealed which people mosquitoes target and how.  Although many people try to keep flies away by wearing long sleeves and spraying fly repellent, mosquitoes find their way again and continue to attack many people.   Scientists conducted a study of how mosquitoes bypass some people and target other people. Scientists announced that mosquitoes, unlike other animals, choose people to bite based on criteria such as human odor, body temperature and carbon dioxide level.  "We noticed that mosquitoes perceive odor in different ways than other animals," said Meg Younger, who led the research at Boston University. It was noted that there was no difference in the lives of these creatures after the mosquitoes' olfactory receptors were turned off, and it was noted that Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which transmit den