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Why Some People Are More Prone To Mosquito Bites

Why Some People Are More Prone To Mosquito Bites

Almost everyone has that one friend who is the first to get awfully itchy bug bites when they are having an outdoor hangout in the evening. Yeah, that friend who repeatedly stamps their feet in frustration and says, “there are mosquitoes here!” The reaction is often a collective “you’re exaggerating this’ stare from the other members of the clique. What you don’t know is, that friend of yours has some special attraction for mosquitoes and people like them have been collectively referred to as mosquito magnets by scientists.

A recently completed study carried out by researchers from Rockefeller University …