Burkina Faso, dengue fever and malaria are examples of dangerous diseases caused by mosquitoes. These wingless insects love to suck human blood. And did you know that mosquitoes prefer the blood of most beer drinkers?
Anopheles gambiae is the main carrier of malaria in Africa, because this mosquito prefers to suck human blood. Mosquitoes are attracted to different body odors including breath odor.
Because of the high cases of malaria in Africa, researchers from Australia conducted a study in Burkina Faso, West Africa.
Researchers conducted a study with a complex system of tubes, which direct the body odor 43 participants in the boxes so that mosquitoes can choose a favorite scent.
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