As concerns grow over dengue fever spreading across Europe, why DO mosquitos bite some people...
but leave others alone. And is there anything we eat or drink that repels (or attracts) them? READ MORE: Influencer, 27, dismissed symptoms of dengue fever as 'just the flu' By John Ely Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 07:58 BST, 15 June 2024 | Updated: 07:58 BST, 15 June 2024 e-mail View comments It's a situation many of us have been faced while on holiday with a partner or a friend. One will become absolutely covered in mosquito bites, whilst the other escapes almost completely unscathed.
And while the red, sore, bumpy bites are bad enough the buzzing assailants can also spread a host of dangerous pathogens, and are an increasing health risk in Europe . So, what makes one person more attractive to the vampiric bloodsuckers than another? Here MailOnline explains what experts say is, and isn't, the key behind the phenomenon. Various factors are thought to make one person more attractive to mosquitoes than another How big you are and how you breathe Mosquitoes track down their prey by scent and one the things they are on the hunt for is carbon dioxide.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a gas that we exhale as we breathe, and acts as a homing beacon to the insects. However, quantity of CO2 does seem to matter. Larger people naturally exhale larger quantities of carbon dioxide and it's for this reason experts say they tend to get bitten more.
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