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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: 0.663s | 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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cortesoft ◴[22 Oct 24 03:09 UTC] No.41910840[source]▶
I always wonder, is it that some people don't get bitten or that some people don't react to getting bitten?
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1. orionsbelt ◴[22 Oct 24 04:52 UTC] No.41911302[source]▶
I’ve literally seen them chase me and avoid others I am with. I also do react and get welts/itchy, but they 100% are also chasing me more than others.
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2. bbarnett ◴[22 Oct 24 06:31 UTC] No.41911742[source]▶
A cabbie told me, he heard certain blood types attract.
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3. 486sx33 ◴[22 Oct 24 16:41 UTC] No.41916091[source]▶
https://ourbloodinstitute.org/blood-matters/mosquitoes-blood...