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Mosquitoes May Be Attracted to Repellent Scents, Study Finds
Researchers have made a surprising discovery that mosquitoes can learn to associate the scent of DEET, a common insect repellent, with a blood meal, potentially making the repellent attractive to them. The findings were published in the "Journal of Experimental Biology".
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