被蚊子叮咬原因新研究

Plagued By Mosquito Bites? New Research Suggests Why, With Public Health Implications. 
Researchers at Rockefeller University discovered one of the reasons mosquitoes target some more than others: acids on your skin that are eaten by bacteria, creating an odor. NBC News' Stephanie Gosk breaks down how the study worked. The aim is to improve repellants and cut down on disease.
October 20, 2022
tags: 知识 科普 生物
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    Nasty, pesky, blood sucking mosquitoes. - Is it true are some people bitten more? - It's true everybody asks.

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    After a three-year study, the scientists at Rockefeller University⁽¹⁾ have discovered one of the reasons why.

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    Long chain carboxylic acids. - Carbox what? - Carboxylic acids, which is a fancy technical term for these greasy molecules that live on your skin.

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    Bacteria eat those acids, and create a stink. - Limburger cheese, stinky cheese, blue cheese, feet foot odor. - That's the smell? - That's the smell.

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    And some of us smell more than others, stand out during the study was subject 33. - We found this exceptionally a mosquito attractive person.

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    Scientist Maria Elena De Obaldia led the research, Nylons worn by the subjects were placed in a device she built herself, the mosquitoes were drawn to the strongest smell.

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    When you put them head to head, it's striking. - The hope is that these results will improve repellents.

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    In New York, mosquitoes are an annoyance, but in much of the world they're spreading deadly diseases.

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    Like yellow fever and malaria, killing more than 700 000 people a year, better repellent will save lives.

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    For now here's some summer barbecue advice. - If you hang around with people who are less attractive than you, you'll be the most attractive person at the picnic.

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    What we really need to do? is find somebody who stinks more than we do? - Absolutely!

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    For those unlucky people like subject 33, the scientists say changing soaps or your diet makes no difference, the mosquitoes will find you. Stephanie Gosk, NBC News, New York.

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    肮脏的、讨厌的、吸血的蚊子。 - 有些人真的更容易被叮咬吗? - 每个人都这么问。

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    经过三年的研究,洛克菲勒大学的科学家们发现了其中一个原因。

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    长链羧酸。 - Carbox什么? - 羧酸,这是一个花哨的技术术语,指的是生活在你皮肤上的油性微粒。

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    细菌会吃掉这些(长链羧)酸,产生臭味。 - 林堡奶酪、臭奶酪、蓝奶酪、脚臭。 - 是这种气味? - 就是这个气味。

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    我们中的一些人比其他人更有气味,在研究中脱颖而出的是第33个实验对象。 - 我们发现这个对蚊子格外有吸引力的人。

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    科学家Maria Elena De Obaldia领导了这项研究,受试者穿着的尼龙袜被放置在她自己制作的装置中,蚊子被最强烈的气味吸引。

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    当你让(这么多蚊子)正面交锋,会很震撼。希望这些结果能改进驱蚊剂。

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    在纽约,蚊子令人讨厌,但在世界大部分地区,它们正在传播致命的疾病。

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    就像黄热病和疟疾每年造成70多万人死亡一样,更好的驱蚊剂可以挽救生命。

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    现在,这里有一些夏日烧烤的建议。如果你和不如你有(吸蚊)魅力的人在一起,你就会成为野餐会上最有(吸蚊)魅力的人。

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    我们真正需要做什么?就是找个比我们更臭的人? - 对极了!

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    对于那些像33号实验对象一样不幸的人,科学家们说,改变肥皂或饮食没有什么区别,蚊子会找到你。NBC新闻,斯蒂芬妮·戈斯克纽约报道。