Scent of a human: The mosquito olfactory system defies dogma to ensure attraction to humans

Colleen N McLaughlin, et al.

Mosquitoes are strongly attracted to humans, and their bites not only cause intense itch but can beget severe diseases.In this issue of Cell, Herre et al.reveal that non-canonical olfactory circuit organization and coding likely endow mosquitoes with a robust ability to locate human hosts.