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Do Mosquitoes Bite You More than Other People? Here's Why

A Journal of Medical Entomology study found mosquitoes landed on people with type O blood nearly twice as often as those with type A.

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Mosquitoes can be picky about their favorite food — that is, human blood. Miami scientists recruited 119 participants to test mosquitoes' attraction to them.

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Is it true that mosquitoes sting some more people than others? A study indicates that yes, noting that the type of blood can make a difference. However, an entomologist warned about other factors that have an influence on bites.

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Researchers at IIT Kanpur are studying the behaviour of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes to understand why they bite some people more.

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