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Mosquito saliva may signal infection outbreaks

A mosquito's sweet tooth could help researchers to detect deadly viruses.

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  1. Hall-Mendelin, S. et al. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA doi:10.1073/pnas.1002040107 (2010).

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Weaver, J. Mosquito saliva may signal infection outbreaks. Nature (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2010.283

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