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Are you a mosquito magnet? It's because of how you smell.
SF Gate (Washington Post) ^ | 10/18/2022 | By Teddy Amenabar

Posted on 10/18/2022 3:10:25 PM PDT by NohSpinZone

Researchers at Rockefeller University in New York found people who have higher levels of certain acids on their skin are 100 times more attractive to the female Aedes aegypti, the type of mosquito responsible for spreading diseases such as dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever and Zika.

The findings, published Tuesday in the journal Cell, could lead to new products that could mask or alter certain human odors, making it harder for mosquitoes to find human blood and potentially curbing the spread of disease.

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Experts have found people seem to become more attractive to mosquitoes when they're pregnant or after they've had a few beers, prompting further research into whether mosquitoes may be drawn to certain odors.

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The study found that people like subject 33, who have higher levels of compounds called carboxylic acids on their skin, are more likely to be a "mosquito magnets," Vosshall said.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Gardening; Health/Medicine; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: acid; aedesaegypti; bite; chikungunya; dengue; egypt; magnet; mosquito; mosquitoes; yellowfever; zika
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Hmm, I don't drink and can't get preggers so I must naturally have a lot of this acid because I am a dartboard for these things at dusk or dawn, if I'm out and about.
1 posted on 10/18/2022 3:10:25 PM PDT by NohSpinZone
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I’m a chick magnet. Too bad they’re mosquito chicks. They have a thing for my calves and ankles. Must be fetishists.


2 posted on 10/18/2022 3:11:39 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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100%. Calves and ankles are my preferred body parts too.


3 posted on 10/18/2022 3:12:56 PM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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Same here. Sometimes I think it’s the only reason my wife wants me around in the summer. They swarm me and leave her alone.


4 posted on 10/18/2022 3:15:12 PM PDT by hardspunned (former GOP globalist stooge)
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I know a guy who puts turmeric in practically everything he eats/drinks — including coffee — because he swears that it not only provides many other health benefits but also keeps mosquitoes away.

I don’t know about that, but having tasted his turmeric coffee ONE time, I can’t rule it out.


5 posted on 10/18/2022 3:15:22 PM PDT by Ronin (White privilege is not having to fake your own hate crimes. (HT: CrappieLuck) and )
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I wonder if one becomes a mosquito magnet it they follow Sheryl Crow’s advice on only using three sheets of toilet paper.


6 posted on 10/18/2022 3:15:39 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA ( Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: NohSpinZone

Watch out, Pfizer and Gates will come up with an absolute, infallible, sure-fire, insect repellent. Get jabbed now, it’s mandatory!


7 posted on 10/18/2022 3:16:22 PM PDT by dljordan
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A long time ago I read a theory that for some reason people with blood type O tended to be more attractive to mosquitoes. I’m O+ and my personal experience has born this out. I can be in a room with 100 people and one mosquito and I’ll get bit three times.


8 posted on 10/18/2022 3:16:31 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack
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We live next to a small lake. We decided to get mosquito treatments in our yard and around the lake. Works well!


9 posted on 10/18/2022 3:20:35 PM PDT by PeachyKeen
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I’m a mosquito magnet as well. My husband and I can be standing side by side outside. He will be mosquito-bite free, and I will have bites all over my body.

When we took the gkids camping over the summer I took over $60 worth of mosquito repellents. We had bracelets, burning sticks, OFF spray, clothes stickers, Murphy’s natural mosquito repellent, and probably a few other things. Our campsite was right at the lake and I didn’t get one bite, so one of those things worked.


10 posted on 10/18/2022 3:21:06 PM PDT by CFW
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Bugs slaughter me.


11 posted on 10/18/2022 3:23:06 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: NohSpinZone; Disambiguator

Same.


12 posted on 10/18/2022 3:24:11 PM PDT by EEGator
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I wonder if one becomes a mosquito magnet it they follow Sheryl Crow’s advice on only using three sheets of toilet paper.

Fly magnet is more likely.

13 posted on 10/18/2022 3:24:14 PM PDT by hflynn
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To: NohSpinZone

They go for my wrists, big time.


14 posted on 10/18/2022 3:25:52 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: Ronin

Turmeric has Curcumin which is excellent for health.

I actually take concentrated Curcumin in supplement form.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5664031/

I, sometimes, put coconut oil in my coffee.


15 posted on 10/18/2022 3:26:13 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: NohSpinZone

I haven’t been bitten in 25 years.


16 posted on 10/18/2022 3:27:15 PM PDT by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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Jack Daniels works and pot smoke helps. A friend told me.


17 posted on 10/18/2022 3:27:47 PM PDT by Hyman Roth
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Yep. My wife gets a dozen bites for everyone of mine. Convenient for me.


18 posted on 10/18/2022 3:28:02 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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I’m in Eastern Europe where cookie permissions are required for each article opened. This article holds the record for the most invasive cookies.


19 posted on 10/18/2022 3:30:16 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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I suspect they’re talking carboxylic acids.

In other words, you smell like an armpit.


20 posted on 10/18/2022 3:30:48 PM PDT by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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