The rains are here, and so are mosquitoes. Unfortunately, mosquitoes reveal fatal attraction for children, explaining why malaria still kills a child every two minutes in the world.
There are hundreds of mosquito species and they all have slightly different preferences when it comes to what or who they bite. But researchers believe that children infected with malaria are more attractive to mosquitoes.
In a new study, researchers found that children infected with the malaria parasite Plasmodium produce distinctive skin smells making them more attractive to malaria mosquitoes than uninfected children.

Source:https://www.nigerialog.com/health/why-mosquitoes-seem-to-bite-children-more/new/#new