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Also, mosquitoes have a blood type preference in this order:
O, A, B, AB
They also prefer Rh+ over RH-.
If that's even remotely true I should be on the lower end of the spectrum for being bitten.
Most of the time it doesn't seem that way. Then again I live on Long Island, NY, and the mosquito is our regional bird.
Maybe it is something else for you?  
Yes, your blood type is one of many factors that attracts mosquitoes. Type O has been shown to be more preferable than other blood types.
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As long ago as 1972, a study published in Nature magazine by Corinne Shear Wood and others showed that Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes preferred biting people with type O blood.
A more recent study, published in 2004, showed the same results using a different species of mosquito, Aedes albopictus.As long ago as 1972, a study published in Nature magazine by Corinne Shear Wood and others showed that Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes preferred biting people with type O blood.
A more recent study, published in 2004, showed the same results using a different species of mosquito, Aedes albopictus.
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Those who were secreters in blood group O averaged 83.3% mosquito landing rates, while those who were secreters in blood group A averaged only 46.5% landing rates.
Mosquitoes may be able to sense the saccharides that people secrete from the skin, based on different blood types, and use that to select their preferred victims.
So if you’re blood type O, are you doomed to be a mosquito magnet? Well, not really.
There are dozens of other things that attract mosquitoes also. Some you can’t control, like exhaling carbon dioxide. Others you can, though. It’s been shown that drinking just one beer will make you more attractive to mosquitoes, according to a 2002 study in the Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association and the results were confirmed in a 2010 study. Mosquitoes also like the odor of Limburger cheese, which turns out to be similar to the odor of smelly feet. If you sweat more, mosquitoes will come to that odor too.
So even if you’re unlucky enough to have blood type O, you may still be less attractive to mosquitoes than others who lure them in different ways.
https://mosquitoreviews.com/learn/blood-type/#:~:text=But%20one%20of%20the%20more%20unusual%20attractants%20is,mosquitoes%20preferred%20biting%20people%20with%20type%20O%20blood.
Why Do Mosquitoes Bite Some People More Than Others?
Blood type, metabolism, exercise, shirt color and even drinking beer can make individuals especially delicious to mosquitoes
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You come in from a summer hike covered with itchy red mosquito bites, only to have your friends innocently proclaim that they don’t have any. Or you wake up from a night of camping to find your ankles and wrists aflame with bites, while your tentmates are unscathed.
You’re not alone. An estimated 20 percent of people, it turns out, are especially delicious for mosquitoes, and get bit more often on a consistent basis. And while scientists don’t yet have a cure for the ailment, other than preventing bites with insect repellent (which, we’ve recently discovered, some mosquitoes can become immune to over time), they do have a number of ideas regarding why some of us are more prone to bites than others. Here are some of the factors that could play a role:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-do-mosquitoes-bite-some-people-more-than-others-10255934/
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