Here's why some people really are 'mosquito magnets'

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A new study finds that mosquitos might be more attracted to certain people - and it has to do with how they smell. According to The Guardian, researchers at Rockefeller University in New York asked 64 volunteers from the university and its surrounds to wear nylon stockings that would pick up the scent of each volunteer.

20 Oct 2022 3AM English South Africa News Commentary · Entertainment News

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