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Chicken Scent Deters Malaria Mosquitoes

Jul 20, 2016 · 3 min
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The smell of a chicken wards off one species of malaria-spreading mosquito—meaning the scent compounds, or the birds themselves, might help deter disease. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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