IIT Kanpur researchers study mosquito brain activity to prevent dengue fever

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IIT Kanpur researchers, led by Professor Nitin Gupta at the Mehta Family Centre for Engineering in Medicine, are studying how the Aedes aegypti mosquito — which spreads dengue and chikungunya — detects human scent and how that information is processed in its brain.
The team is examining why mosquitoes bite some people more than others, using genetic tools like CRISPR-Cas9 to alter specific genes and observe changes in smell detection and behaviour.
They are also studying how a female mosquito's behaviour changes after drinking blood, when it shifts from seeking humans to finding a place to lay eggs.
According to the WHO, about half the world's population lives in dengue-risk areas with an estimated 100–400 million infections a year, and understanding how mosquitoes locate humans could lead to new ways of blocking bites beyond just killing or repelling the insects.

Findings on which human scents attract or repel Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
Results from CRISPR-Cas9 gene-alteration experiments on mosquito smell detection
Development of new mosquito control methods based on disrupting the insect's human-seeking system

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