Mosquito bites are itchy and annoying. They can also cause dangerous diseases. These diseases affect millions of people each year. Experts recommend wearing long clothing to protect yourself against mosquito bites. But mosquitoes can bite through many types of clothing. New research may soon offer better mosquito-proof clothing.
Some clothing made today is treated with chemicals that keep insects away. Some chemicals can be sprayed on clothing or skin as well. These chemicals help to keep mosquitoes away, but they do not make clothing mosquito proof.
But researchers recently showed that a high-tech material can make clothing truly mosquito proof. The material is very thin and very strong. The researchers showed that the mosquitoes could not bite through the material. The mosquitoes couldn’t even find the humans. Researchers think that the material blocked the smell of human sweat.
You might not have mosquito-proof clothing just yet, but there are many things you can do to protect yourself.
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