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Can DEET attract mosquitoes? A lab study offers clues

Exposing the insects as they feed can turn the repellent into an attractant

A mosquito with a belly full of blood takes a meal from a white person

Repellents can fend off yellow fever mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti, shown) on the hunt for blood, but a new study suggests that the insects can learn to associate the common repellent DEET with a meal.

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By Erin Garcia de Jesús

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