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Catching malaria makes you smell more attractive to mosquitoes

16 April 2018

Mosquitoes are particularly attracted to the sweat of people who have malaria, suggesting the parasite that causes it may change a person’s body odour

Your body fat may be protecting you against infections

29 December 2017

Fat isn’t all bad – it stores powerful immune cells, and seems to boost their ability to defend the body from dangerous infections

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Catching malaria makes you smell more attractive to mosquitoes

Your body fat may be protecting you against infections

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