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Posted by PLOS_ONE_Group on 30 Dec 2011 at 19:59 GMT
The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:
Publication: NPR
Title: “Body Odor May Explain Why Mosquitoes Prefer Certain People : The Two-Way : NPR”
http://www.npr.org/blogs/...
Publication: Web MD
Title: “Scientists think the most important mosquito enticements are the chemicals we emit through our sweat”
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Publication: MSNBC
Title: “Vitals - Why do mosquitoes love you? It's your microbes”
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Publication: Huffington Post
Title: “Skin Microbes Affect How Attractive We Are To Mosquitoes, Study Suggests”
http://www.huffingtonpost...
Publication: Mirror.co.uk
Title: “Mosquito bites 'down to whether they like how you smell' - mirror.co.uk”
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Publication: Daily Mail
Title: “How to avoid mosquito bites: Smelly feet attract blood-sucking insects to humans | Mail Online”
http://www.dailymail.co.u...
Publication: Zee News India
Title: “Blame skin microbes for mosquito bites”
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Publication: India Today
Title: “Body odour attracts mosquitoes to humans, says study : North News - India Today”
http://indiatoday.intoday...
Publication: The Press Association
Title: “The Press Association: Smelly feet linked to malaria risk”
http://www.google.com/hos...
Publication: Top News Arab Emirates
Title: “Mosquitoes Get Attracted by Body Odor, Say Researchers | TopNews Arab Emirates”
http://topnews.ae/content...
Publication: Top News New Zealand
Title: “Mosquitoes Are Attracted by Body Odors | TopNews New Zealand”
http://topnews.net.nz/con...
Publication: Med India
Title: “Body Odor Attracts Mosquitoes That Spread Malaria | MedIndia”
http://www.medindia.net/n...
Publication: i09
Title: “The secret to preventing malaria might be in our body odor”
http://io9.com/5871747/th...
Publication: Discover Magazine
Title: “Skin bacteria affect how attractive we smell to malarial mosquitoes | Not Exactly Rocket Science | Discover Magazine”
http://blogs.discovermaga...
Publication: Live Science
Title: “Mosquitoes Pick Out Human Meals With Help from Microbes | Microbes & Health | Malaria | LiveScience”
http://www.livescience.co...
Publication: Eureka Alert
Title: “Microbial communities on skin affect humans' attractiveness to mosquitoes”
http://www.eurekalert.org...
Publication: MSN New Zealand
Title: “Smelly Feet Linked To Malaria Risk”
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RE: Media Coverage of This Article
PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 06 Jan 2012 at 19:11 GMT
The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:
Publication: Scientific American
Title: “Microbes Make Some People Smell Delicious To Mosquitoes: Scientific American Podcast”
http://www.scientificamer...
Publication: World First.co.uk
Title: “Smelly feet 'increase malaria risk' | World First Travel Insurance”
http://www.world-first.co...
Publication: Ground Report
Title: “Why Some People Attract Mosquitoes More? | GroundReport”
http://www.groundreport.c...
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RE: RE: Media Coverage of This Article
PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 13 Jan 2012 at 19:31 GMT
The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:
Publication: Epoch Times
Title: “Bacteria on Skin Affects Attractiveness to Mosquitoes”
http://www.theepochtimes....
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