Beer Consumption Increases Human Attractiveness to Malaria Mosquitoes

Overview of attention for article published in PLOS ONE, March 2010

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Actually, based on [this...

User Background_Koala_455, in the explainlikeimfive subreddit, 08 Jun 2025

Actually, based on [this study](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20209056/), it's possible the alcohol might attract them. For…

Mosquitos like people who drink beer. 15% more bites after...

User Riptide360, in the askscience subreddit, 24 May 2023

Mosquitos like people who drink beer. 15% more bites after downing a pint. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/j…

TIL: Beer Consumption Increases Human Attractiveness to Malaria Mosquitoes

User TexasBogart, in the Today I Learned (TIL) subreddit, 07 Oct 2022

[According to this...

User AWormDude, in the askscience subreddit, 24 Jul 2021

[According to this study](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nissanka-De-Silva/publication/334129199_Blood_Feeding_Preference_o…

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