Study Finds Some People Are ‘Mosquito Magnets’ Due to Body Odor

Study Finds Some People Are ‘Mosquito Magnets’ Due to Body Odor
An Aedes Aegypti mosquito is photographed on human skin in a lab of the International Training and Medical Research Training Center (CIDEIM) in Cali, Colombia, on Jan. 25, 2016. Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images
Lorenz Duchamps
Updated:
0:00

Summertime calls most of us to spend a nice evening outdoors, but that can sometimes turn into a horribly itchy ordeal, particularly for “mosquito magnets.”

A new study published on Oct. 18 in the journal Cell by researchers at Rockefeller University suggests that some individuals are more attractive to the tiny blood-sucking insects than others due to having a higher level of certain chemicals in the skin.
Lorenz Duchamps
Lorenz Duchamps
Author
Lorenz Duchamps is a news writer for NTD, The Epoch Times’ sister media, focusing primarily on the United States, world, and entertainment news.
Related Topics