Little bastards ❤️ my GF, she drinks Bud Light. They don’t seem to bother me, I drink NEIPA. Wonder if that makes the difference for us? Hmmm.
Beer drinkers are mosquito magnets, according to a festival study
Submitted 6 months ago by Pro@mander.xyz to science@mander.xyz
https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.21.671470
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MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 6 months ago
floofloof@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Results Amongst the 465 included participants, mosquitoes showed a clear fondness for those who drank beer over those who abstained from the liquid gold (Fold Change 1.35, 95% CI 1.12–1.63, PFDR<0.001). Attraction was also contagious: participants that successfully lured a fellow human into their tent the previous night also proved more enticing to mosquitoes (FC 1.34, 95% CI 1.14–1.58, PFDR=0.002). Meanwhile, skipping the morning showering routine and using sunscreen reduced mosquito attraction (FC 0.52, 95% 0.38-0.70, PFDR<0.001). Streptococci were more abundant on the skin of highly attractive individuals (Puncorrected=0.017), and the overall abundance of malodour associated bacteria was high – possibly reflecting the container’s smell.
Reading that paragraph makes me feel like I’m actually there in the mud at Glastonbury.
agentshags@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Blood, sweat, and beers
Top notch title
OneInterestingFact@mastodon.ie 6 months ago
@Pro Interesting, but can causality be established?