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Do you have o blood type?

• lolinder 2y ago
  Is there any reason to suppose that blood type plays a role? It's a big deal for blood transfusion but that doesn't automatically make it relevant to mosquito preferences, and TFA doesn't mention blood type.
  • boomboomsubban 2y ago
    >Is there any reason to suppose that blood type plays a role? Yes. https://academic.oup.com/jme/article/41/4/796/885285 https://academic.oup.com/jme/article/41/4/796/885285 Hardly conclusive, but there is some reason to suspect it plays a role.
    • scruple 2y ago
      O- here but I very, very rarely get bitten. My wife is A and gets it very badly.
      • pier25 2y ago
        Also O- and it's the other way around for us. Mosquitos hunt me but usually leave my wife alone.
      • n8henrie 2y ago
        Wife is O- and is a mosquito magnet that gets huge welts that take ages to go away. I'm A+ and get bites, but they usually don't last long.
    • kergonath 2y ago
      I am skeptical. To figure out the blood type of someone, wouldn’t they need to bite anyway? There are more compelling studies showing effects of CO2 and smells.
    • euroderf 2y ago
      O+ here and them pesky skeeters ab-so-lootly LUV me. Summer is antihistamine season.
    • b0dhimind 2y ago
      O+ and they bite me a lot too...
• htk 2y ago
  O+. I didn't know blood type could be a factor, thank you for the tip, I'll look into this.