Each summer, some people seem to get eaten alive by mosquitoes. Others sail through the season with nary a bite. Who those bloodsuckers prefer could trace to our body chemistry and which microbes live on our skin, a new study finds. And their taste preferences seem to vary by species.
Knowing how mosquitoes pick their human snacks could help prevent disease. With each bite, mosquitoes can spread illnesses that they may have picked up from an earlier blood meal, such as dengue and Zika.
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“We want to understand what people’s risks are for being bitten,” says Matthew DeGennaro. He thinks the answer might be in the Read Entire Article
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