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Humans bite back by deactivating mosquito sperm

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Study could help control populations of Culex, the common house mosquito that transmits brain-swelling encephalitis and West Nile Virus.
The study details a full portrait of all the proteins in the insect’s sperm allowing researchers to find the specific ones that maintain the quality of the sperm while they’re inactive, and that also activate them to swim.
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