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I also read somewhere, Mosquitos prefer type O blood. So I wonder if they correlated the results with blood type. And yes, I am a mosquito magnet with type O.

by jmclnx 4y ago

I also read somewhere, Mosquitos prefer type O blood. So I wonder if they correlated the results with blood type. And yes, I am a mosquito magnet with type O. So curious how their results relate.

riffraff 4y ago
interesting, I'm 0 and a favoured mosquito target, and my wife is A and does not get bit very much. We have two kids to which the same dichotomy applies: I now need to check what blood type they have!
- Tacos4me 4y ago
  Sounds like you already know!
ilkke 4y ago
I'm a type 0 magnet myself
- Wistar 4y ago
  Me, too, alas.
  - blisterpeanuts 4y ago
    Me three. If there’s a single (female) mosquito in town, it unerringly zeros in on me. I’ve read that mosquitoes are attracted to “high sugar” (i.e. higher amount of polysaccharides) blood types, which O is. The Chinese even have a saying of people who are mosquito magnets: “You have sweet blood!” (I was told this a lot when I lived in China.) That said, mosquitoes also seem more attracted to fresh meat, i.e. new and different smelling prey. Live in one locale for a while, and predation by mosquitoes seems to diminish. Perhaps it’s an ancient defense mechanism.
atomicUpdate 4y ago
From TFA: Scientists have put forth some theories to explain why mosquitoes swarm to some of us more than others, including one idea that differences in blood type must be to blame. Evidence is weak for this link, however, Vosshall says.
saiya-jin 4y ago
can confirm, 0+ and unhappy recipient of their attention way above most people around me... it can get pretty dangerous in places with malaria, dengue, yellow fever etc.
- TheBlight 4y ago
  I'm O+ and I never seem to get bit whereas my B- wife does.
mattgreenrocks 4y ago
Am O-. Wife gets bitten way more than me and is not O.
porjo 4y ago
I'm B+ and wife is O+, and I'm always the one bitten most
saghm 4y ago
I'm O-positive, and I tend to barely ever get bitten by mosquitos when I'm in a group (but if I'm outside alone sometimes I'll get a bite or two). The only theory that I've ever had was that I sweat an exceptional amount when even feeling slightly warm, and given that mosquitos tend to be out in warmer weather, I've wondered if my odor discourages them if better smelling targets are available

by jmclnx 4y ago

I also read somewhere, Mosquitos prefer type O blood. So I wonder if they correlated the results with blood type. And yes, I am a mosquito magnet with type O. So curious how their results relate.

riffraff 4y ago

interesting, I'm 0 and a favoured mosquito target, and my wife is A and does not get bit very much. We have two kids to which the same dichotomy applies: I now need to check what blood type they have!

Tacos4me 4y ago
Sounds like you already know!

ilkke 4y ago

I'm a type 0 magnet myself

Wistar 4y ago
Me, too, alas.
- blisterpeanuts 4y ago
  Me three. If there’s a single (female) mosquito in town, it unerringly zeros in on me. I’ve read that mosquitoes are attracted to “high sugar” (i.e. higher amount of polysaccharides) blood types, which O is. The Chinese even have a saying of people who are mosquito magnets: “You have sweet blood!” (I was told this a lot when I lived in China.) That said, mosquitoes also seem more attracted to fresh meat, i.e. new and different smelling prey. Live in one locale for a while, and predation by mosquitoes seems to diminish. Perhaps it’s an ancient defense mechanism.

atomicUpdate 4y ago

From TFA: Scientists have put forth some theories to explain why mosquitoes swarm to some of us more than others, including one idea that differences in blood type must be to blame. Evidence is weak for this link, however, Vosshall says.

saiya-jin 4y ago

can confirm, 0+ and unhappy recipient of their attention way above most people around me... it can get pretty dangerous in places with malaria, dengue, yellow fever etc.

TheBlight 4y ago
I'm O+ and I never seem to get bit whereas my B- wife does.

mattgreenrocks 4y ago

Am O-. Wife gets bitten way more than me and is not O.

porjo 4y ago

I'm B+ and wife is O+, and I'm always the one bitten most

saghm 4y ago

I'm O-positive, and I tend to barely ever get bitten by mosquitos when I'm in a group (but if I'm outside alone sometimes I'll get a bite or two). The only theory that I've ever had was that I sweat an exceptional amount when even feeling slightly warm, and given that mosquitos tend to be out in warmer weather, I've wondered if my odor discourages them if better smelling targets are available