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Do anti-mosquito sound devices work?

We find out if there is any evidence that anti-mosquito sound devices actually work. Plus we ask, do you get tabby humans?
25 January 2013
Presented by Hannah Critchlow. 

ANOPHELES-MOSQUITO

A female Anopheles albimanus mosquito feeding on a human host and becoming engorged with blood.
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We find out if there is any evidence that anti-mosquito sound devices actually work. Plus we ask, do you get tabby humans?

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A female Anopheles albimanus mosquito feeding on a human host and becoming engorged with blood.

00:00 - Can high-frequency sounds repel mosquitoes?

Can electronic devices that emit high-frequency sounds repel mosquitoes? If so, how?
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Can high-frequency sounds repel mosquitoes?

We'll have the answer on the nect Naked Scientists Show. Until then, what do you think?

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