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Virginia Tech Researchers Study Scented Soap and Mosquito Attraction

Proof-of-concept study that included Dove, Dial and Native soap found differences in the insects’ interest in biting humans.

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By: Christine Esposito

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Virginia Tech researchers in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences have found that certain soaps could make people more or less attractive to mosquitoes. “Just by changing soap scents, someone who already attracts mosquitoes at a higher-than-average rate could further amplify or decrease that attraction,” said Clément Vinauger, an assistant professor of biochemistry and co-principal investigator on the proof-of-concept study. The research on mosquito soap interactions was publ...

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