Discovery of natural odours could help develop mosquito repellents

Friday, August 28, 2009 - 23:50 in Biology & Nature

Entomologists at the University of California, Riverside working on fruit flies in the lab have discovered a novel class of compounds that could pave the way for developing inexpensive and safe mosquito repellents for combating West Nile virus and other deadly tropical diseases...

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