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YouTube explainer (Romanian) by Dr. Mihaila/Mihail Pautov about why mosquitoes bite some people more than others and how to prevent and treat bites. Covers mosquito biology (only female mosquitoes bite to obtain proteins/iron for eggs), sensory cues mosquitoes use (CO2, body heat/infrared, visual cues like dark clothing, and skin/skin-microbiome-derived odors), behavioural and physiological risk factors (children, pregnant women — ~20% higher CO2 in third trimester, active/sporting people, overweight people, alcohol consumption), foods and odors that may increase or reduce attractiveness (bananas, beer, sweet foods, aged cheeses vs. garlic, onion, apple-cider vinegar, aromatic herbs), diseases transmissible by mosquitoes (local small risk of West Nile; globally ~700 million infections yearly and source-stated “almost 1 million” deaths), and practical prevention/treatment (window screens, DEET — developed by US military in 1940s, up to ~8 hours protection, IR3535 — gentler alternative, ~4–6 hours, topical hydrocortisone for bite inflammation).

Questions this video answers

Only female mosquitoes bite humans to obtain proteins and iron needed to produce and lay eggs.

The speaker says pregnant women produce about 20% more carbon dioxide in the third trimester.

DEET (N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide) — developed by the U.S. military in the 1940s — said to provide protection up to about 8 hours.

IR3535 (ethyl butylacetylaminopropionate) — described as milder and giving roughly 4–6 hours of protection.

The speaker states that globally over 700 million people are infected annually by mosquito-borne diseases and that 'almost 1 million' people die (speaker's phrasing).

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