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Some people really are mosquito magnets, and they’re stuck that way

27/10/2022 06:32 PM | Click to read full article

As you may have noticed, mosquitoes don’t attack everyone equally. Additionally, the researchers found that people regardless of changes in diet or grooming habits. Mosquitoes could also be attracted to skin bacteria digesting the carboxylic acids we produce; mosquitoes probably grew to love carboxylic acids because they’re an excellent indicator that the insects have located a human.

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