Bananas, garlic, vitamin B and beer. There is little scientific evidence backing claims that what we eat and drink changes how likely we are to be bitten by mosquitoes.
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Mosquito coils can help beat the bite of mosquitoes are most effective outdoors, and best avoided in closed, indoor settings.
Anopheles arabiensis is the world’s most common, malaria-carrying mosquito. Now it’s emerged that chickens emit an odour that can repel the deadly insects.
Mosquito bites may make you more than itchy. New research suggests the itchier the bite, the more likely a mosquito-borne virus may make you sick.
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Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
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Group leader, University of Leeds
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Professor in the Department of Plant Protection Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
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Assistant Professor of Entomology, North Carolina State University
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Medical scientist, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Research Fellow at the University of Sydney, University of South Australia
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Biologist, University of South Australia
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Manager of Vector Surveillance, University of South Australia
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Professor and Dean of Programs (Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences), University of South Australia
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Associate Professor of Entomology, National Taiwan University
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Assistant Professor of Immunology, University of Connecticut
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Emeritus Professor of Medical Entomology, University of Florida
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Professor of Biology, New Mexico State University
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Ph.D. Student in Biology, New Mexico State University
