Can excessive mosquito bites be explained away with the age-old “your blood is too sweet”? Listen along to hear how researchers tackled the question of mosquito attraction and what they found. Specifically, what distinguishes a low attractor from a high attractor, and whether we can do anything about it.
TLDR: High (mosquito) attractors were found to have scent profiles that comprised higher levels of specific carboxylic acids
Links:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2022.09.034
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/10/221027124001.htm
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