Why Mosquitoes Skip Some People

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Mosquitoes— this universally hated vector of illnesses is the most annoying part of summer. But are they really necessary in the ecosystem? Why do they prefer biting some people more than others? And what caused a woman who almost went deaf and blind, just after getting a single bite from this buzzing beast? Let’s get into it.

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Special thanks to Mark Ardis, Scientific Advisor for GDG Environment for speaking with us about what goes into mosquito population control.

[Do Mosquitoes Bite Some People More Than Others?]
https://theconversation.com/health-check-why-mosquitoes-seem-to-bite-some-people-more-36425
https://www.healthline.com/health/mosquito-blood-type#blood-type-preference
https://www.brandeis.edu/now/2020/february/mosquitoes-heat-garrity.html
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12083361/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15324469/
https://jeb.biologists.org/content/221/4/jeb157131
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15311477/

[Marie Heilman, The Woman Who Got Sick With Only One Mosquito Bite]
https://www.fightthebite.net/education/wn-survivors-heilman/
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/meningitis/symptoms-causes/syc-20350508

[How Mosquitoes Make Us Sick]
https://www.nature.com/articles/nm1144

[Preventing Mosquito Bites]
https://www.healthline.com/health/kinds-of-natural-mosquito-repellant
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/04/25/716767256/how-do-mosquitoes-taste-deet-hint-its-not-their-mouthparts
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11339626/

[Is DEET Safe?]
https://time.com/5347546/is-deet-safe/
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-8-2016-001673_EN.html
https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/about-pesticides/insect-repellents.html

[What Would Happen if Mosquitoes Went Extinct?]
https://www.nature.com/news/2010/100721/full/466432a.html
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/group/mosquitoes/
https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/what-if/what-if-mosquitoes-went-extinct.htm
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/facts/mosquitoes

[Mosquito Population]
https://newatlas.com/science/genetic-engineering-mosquito-experiment-goes-wrong/

[Other Sources]
https://youtu.be/cKdP5Cg-jEw
https://youtu.be/N-DgRbDmSic
https://youtu.be/vWMDTAuDR5s
https://youtu.be/4hXDFg-K-Xg
https://youtu.be/fRWR_4-HZZU
https://youtu.be/jAfV4Ax10ZU
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/media/entnemdeptifasufledu/entx2fnemnew/faculty/bloomquist.png
https://youtu.be/ZD-qCjId9Wg
https://youtu.be/JB49FfklrLw
https://youtu.be/AzJqF3WdN80
https://youtu.be/-PFVDtQXvnY
https://youtu.be/uXXGDoNBESw
https://youtu.be/lUPrytqoJq4
https://youtu.be/dMjQ3hA9mEA

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