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How Scientists Are Turning Mosquito Spit Into a Weapon Against the West Nile Virus and Other Deadly Diseases
Extracting mosquito saliva is challenging but essential for studying how mosquitoes transmit diseases. Anita Saraf at the University of Kansas analyzes these saliva samples using advanced proteomics, funded by a USDA grant, to investigate changes in the …