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How the mosquito’s carbon dioxide sense gets an internal boost

  • Chih-Ying Su1
  1. 1Department of Neurobiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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Abstract

Mosquitoes use CO2 as a critical cue to sense if humans are nearby. A new study in PLOS Biology reveals that CO2-sensing neurons in mosquitoes can amplify each other’s signals, creating a neural echo chamber that may explain the remarkable sensitivity of mosquitoes to human presence.

Mosquitoes use carbon dioxide as a critical cue to sense if humans are nearby. This Primer explores a new study in PLOS Biology that reveals that carbon dioxide-sensing neurons in mosquitoes can amplify each other’s signals, creating a neural echo chamber that may explain the remarkablesensitivity of mosquitoes to human presence.

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@article{su2026mosquitos,
  title = {{How the mosquito’s carbon dioxide sense gets an internal boost}},
  author = {Chih-Ying Su},
  journal = {PLOS Biology},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pbio.3003958},
  url = {https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003958},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
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TY  - JOUR
TI  - How the mosquito’s carbon dioxide sense gets an internal boost
AU  - Chih-Ying Su
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/11
JO  - PLOS Biology
DO  - 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003958
UR  - https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003958
AB  - Mosquitoes use CO2 as a critical cue to sense if humans are nearby. A new study in PLOS Biology reveals that CO2-sensing neurons in mosquitoes can amplify each other’s signals, creating a neural echo chamber that may explain the remarkable sensitivity of mosquitoes to human presence.  Mosquitoes use carbon dioxide as a critical cue to sense if humans are nearby. This Primer explores a new study in PLOS Biology that reveals that carbon dioxide-sensing neurons in mosquitoes can amplify each other’s signals, creating a neural echo chamber that may explain the remarkablesensitivity of mosquitoes to human presence.
SN  - 1545-7885
ER  -