Plagued by mosquitoes? Try some bite-blocking fabrics
- RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT
Scientists create textiles with just the right weave and yarn to keep biting insects at bay.
The yellow fever mosquito ( Aedes aegypti ), which spreads the disease of the same name and several others, is foiled by newly devised textiles. Credit: Solvin Zankl/Nature Picture Library
Engineers have created knitted fabrics that can protect a wearer from mosquito bites 1 .
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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-02875-8
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