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Study offers clues into when and why mosquitoes bite

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23 points gmays | 7 comments | 22 Oct 24 00:46 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source | bottom
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htk ◴[22 Oct 24 02:35 UTC] No.41910660[source]▶
Mosquitoes always seem to come exclusively to me instead of my wife. I would love to understand this "preference" but unfortunately the article doesn’t really explain it.
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1. aeternum ◴[22 Oct 24 02:46 UTC] No.41910716[source]▶
Do you have o blood type?
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2. lolinder ◴[22 Oct 24 02:50 UTC] No.41910738[source]▶
Is there any reason to suppose that blood type plays a role?

It's a big deal for blood transfusion but that doesn't automatically make it relevant to mosquito preferences, and TFA doesn't mention blood type.

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3. boomboomsubban ◴[22 Oct 24 02:55 UTC] No.41910772[source]▶
>Is there any reason to suppose that blood type plays a role?

Yes. https://academic.oup.com/jme/article/41/4/796/885285

Hardly conclusive, but there is some reason to suspect it plays a role.

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4. htk ◴[22 Oct 24 02:58 UTC] No.41910783[source]▶
O+. I didn't know blood type could be a factor, thank you for the tip, I'll look into this.
5. scruple ◴[22 Oct 24 03:10 UTC] No.41910842{3}[source]▶
O- here but I very, very rarely get bitten. My wife is A and gets it very badly.
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6. pier25 ◴[22 Oct 24 03:58 UTC] No.41911055{4}[source]▶
Also O- and it's the other way around for us. Mosquitos hunt me but usually leave my wife alone.
7. n8henrie ◴[22 Oct 24 04:51 UTC] No.41911295{4}[source]▶
Wife is O- and is a mosquito magnet that gets huge welts that take ages to go away. I'm A+ and get bites, but they usually don't last long.