2006-07-21 15:02:04 · 3 answers · asked by soenieboen 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
The female member of Anopheles gambiae is the mosquito which transmits malaria to humans. The question is why does it choose humans? The answer is it may well have to do with body odor. And where odor is involved, odorant receptors are also. It has recently been discovered that female A.gambiae do indeed have odorant receptors on their olfactive tissues which are specific for certain chemicals found in human sweat. And this is why they make a mosquito-line, so to speak, for certain humans. A greater understanding of the molecular processes, which underlie vector-host interaction, will help develop mosquito traps or repellents in the quest to beat malaria - or indeed other types of parasitic or viral diseases.
2006-07-21 15:10:20 · answer #1 · answered by leathersammie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mosquitoes are attracted to the lactic acid in your skin. When you sweat there is lots of it pouring out of your pores.
2006-07-21 15:07:59 · answer #2 · answered by dudezoid 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
phenomes
2006-07-21 15:06:00 · answer #3 · answered by rb_cubed 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋