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Skin Bacteria and Body Odor May Shape Which Mosquitoes Bite You, or Avoid You Altogether
Researchers found species-specific scent cues across 119 participants, suggesting mosquito attraction depends on human odor chemistry and skin microbes rather than one universal profile.
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A new study shows that every species of mosquito prefers other people. What role this plays in the fight against communicable diseases.
·Vienna, Austria
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Joo-young = There are people who seem to get bitten by mosquitoes particularly easily, but there are also people who are like 'mosquito magnets' that are universally attractive to all mosquitoes...
·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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Different mosquito species may have different preferences regarding the people they bite. Their choice is determined, among other factors, by substances secreted by the skin and the microorganisms living on it, according to a study published in the journal "iScience."
·Warsaw, Poland
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