Biologists Think They Know How Mosquitoes First Got Their Thirst For Human Blood

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But down the years, different projects have noted that mosquitoes aren’t drawn towards every type of body odor. For example, the PLOS One journal published an intriguing paper on the subject back in 2011. It stated that a mixture of certain “microbes” on a person’s skin could put the insects off biting them.

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