Mosquito saliva alone has profound effects on the human immune system (2018)

Re:Mosquito saliva alone has profound effects on the human i... by singlow on Monday August 23, 2021 @02:40PM (#28280139)

Seems like a plausible explanation but how do you have any idea which species bit you in order to be able to draw a conclusion that there's a correlation?

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Re:Mosquito saliva alone has profound effects on the human i... by Lammy on Monday August 23, 2021 @03:22PM (#28280701)

They're pretty visible/memorable due to their white stripes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aedes_albopictus

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Re:Mosquito saliva alone has profound effects on the human i... by singlow on Monday August 23, 2021 @03:56PM (#28281113)

But do you see the mosquito that bit you most of the time, unsmashed? Often enough to correlate?

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Re:Mosquito saliva alone has profound effects on the human i... by sillyquiet on Monday August 23, 2021 @04:47PM (#28281708)

Speaking personally - not always do I notice the mosquito.

But I have noticed often enough to note the difference. For me, the smaller, more stealthy mosquitos give me the small, temporary bump, but the larger more noticeable ones like the tiger mosquito or what we call zebra mosquitos (I think they are actually western encephalitis mosquitos (!)) have a more dramatic reaction.

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