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Study offers clues into when and why mosquitoes bite

(news.yale.edu)
55 points gmays | 3 comments | 22 Oct 24 00:46 UTC | HN request time: 0.619s | source
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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. markus_zhang ◴[22 Oct 24 03:06 UTC] No.41910829[source]▶
Me too. BTW I'm A so don't think it is the reason. I also heard that blood sugar plays a hand here, but could also be pseudoscience.
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2. animesh ◴[22 Oct 24 06:09 UTC] No.41911634[source]▶
Just one anecdote as a type 2 person: I cannot prove it scientifically yet, but I did notice that on bad diet days, I get bit more than otherwise.
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3. markus_zhang ◴[22 Oct 24 14:44 UTC] No.41914818[source]▶
I wish there is some study for that, hmmm. I usually keep the same (bad) diet every day so it's kinda hard to test.