Your skin chemistry may affect which mosquitoes most want to bite you 

Three disease-carrying species preferred different people based on skin odor and bacteria

The back of a hand inflamed with multiple mosquito bites

A person’s skin chemistry and microbiome influence how attractive different mosquito species find them, a new study suggests. Not all mosquitoes prefer the same people.

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Some people seem to get eaten alive by mosquitoes each summer, while others sail through the season with nary a bite.