Here are seven things that could make you irresistible to the pests.
以下是7个会让蚊子爱上你的因素：
1. People with type O blood tend to attract more mosquitoes than people with other blood types.
O型血的人通常比其他血型的人更招蚊子.
2. Malaria carrying mosquitoes were attracted to pregnant women twice as much as non-pregnant women in a study. In light of Zika's link to birth defects, this finding is particularly concerning.
一项研究发现,携带疟疾病毒的蚊子咬孕妇的可能性比咬没有身孕的女性高出一倍.考虑到寨卡病毒会导致出生缺陷,这一发现让人尤为担忧.
2. Malaria carrying mosquitoes were attracted to pregnant women twice as much as non-pregnant women in a study. In light of Zika's link to birth defects, this finding is particularly concerning.
一项研究发现,携带疟疾病毒的蚊子咬孕妇的可能性比咬没有身孕的女性高出一倍.考虑到寨卡病毒会导致出生缺陷,这一发现让人尤为担忧.
4. Some people's bodies emit attractant compounds, while others emit repellent compounds. It's unclear why or how this works, though researchers have tried to isolate the chemicals to use them for mosquito traps or natural bug spray.
有些人的身体会散发出对蚊子有吸引力的化合物,而其他一些人则会散发出让蚊子讨厌的化合物.研究人员尚不清楚个中原理,但是他们试图把这种化合物分离出来,用它们制作捕蚊器或天然的驱蚊水.
5. People with a wider variety of bacteria living on their skin were less attractive to mosquitoes in a study.
一项研究发现,皮肤上存活的细菌种类较多的人,对蚊子吸引力较小.
6. Mosquitoes tend to like people who emit more carbon dioxide when they breathe, which includes larger people and pregnant women.
蚊子一般更喜欢那些呼出的二氧化碳更多的人,这些人多为胖子和孕妇.
7. Working out can produce lactic acid, which can act as an attractant for mosquitoes when it's released in your sweat.
锻炼会产生乳酸,而乳酸通过汗液释放出来时,对蚊子非常有吸引力.
