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Feel like you're a mozzie magnet? It's true – mosquitoes prefer to bite some people over others

  • Written by Cameron Webb, Clinical Lecturer and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
Feel like you're a mozzie magnet? It's true – mosquitoes prefer to bite some people over othersPhoto by Eric Nopanen on Unsplash, CC BY

It’s always you, isn’t it? The person busy swatting away buzzing backyard mosquitoes or nursing an arm full of itchy red lumps after a weekend camping trip.

You’re not imagining it – mosquitoes really are attracted to some people more than others.

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