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Re:Study offers clues into when and why mosquitoes bite by aeternum on Monday October 21, 2024 @10:46PM (#41910716)
Do you have o blood type?
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Re:Study offers clues into when and why mosquitoes bite by htk on Monday October 21, 2024 @10:58PM (#41910783)
O+. I didn't know blood type could be a factor, thank you for the tip, I'll look into this.
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Re:Study offers clues into when and why mosquitoes bite by lolinder on Monday October 21, 2024 @10:50PM (#41910738)
Is there any reason to suppose that blood type plays a role?

It's a big deal for blood transfusion but that doesn't automatically make it relevant to mosquito preferences, and TFA doesn't mention blood type.

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Re:Study offers clues into when and why mosquitoes bite by boomboomsubban on Monday October 21, 2024 @10:55PM (#41910772)
>Is there any reason to suppose that blood type plays a role?

Yes. https://academic.oup.com/jme/article/41/4/796/885285

Hardly conclusive, but there is some reason to suspect it plays a role.

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Re:Study offers clues into when and why mosquitoes bite by scruple on Monday October 21, 2024 @11:10PM (#41910842)
O- here but I very, very rarely get bitten. My wife is A and gets it very badly.
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Re:Study offers clues into when and why mosquitoes bite by pier25 on Monday October 21, 2024 @11:58PM (#41911055)
Also O- and it's the other way around for us. Mosquitos hunt me but usually leave my wife alone.
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Re:Study offers clues into when and why mosquitoes bite by n8henrie on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @12:51AM (#41911295)
Wife is O- and is a mosquito magnet that gets huge welts that take ages to go away. I'm A+ and get bites, but they usually don't last long.
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Re:Study offers clues into when and why mosquitoes bite by kergonath on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @02:04AM (#41911614)
I am skeptical. To figure out the blood type of someone, wouldn’t they need to bite anyway? There are more compelling studies showing effects of CO2 and smells.
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Re:Study offers clues into when and why mosquitoes bite by euroderf on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @06:08AM (#41912816)
O+ here and them pesky skeeters ab-so-lootly LUV me. Summer is antihistamine season.
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Re:Study offers clues into when and why mosquitoes bite by b0dhimind on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @05:07PM (#41918712)
O+ and they bite me a lot too...
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