ArticleScientific reports2016
Attractiveness of volatiles from different body parts to the malaria mosquito Anopheles coluzzii is affected by deodorant compounds.
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- Synergistic attraction of Western black-legged ticks,Royal Society open science · 2023Article
- Aedes albopictus host odor preference does not drive observed variation in feeding patterns across field populations.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- The ovipositor cue indole inhibits animal host attraction in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquitoes.Parasites & vectors · 2022Article
- The Human Skin Volatolome: A Systematic Review of Untargeted Mass Spectrometry Analysis.Metabolites · 2022Review
- Skin microbiome alters attractiveness to Anopheles mosquitoes.BMC microbiology · 2022Article
- Observing the distribution of mosquito bites on humans to inform personal protection measures against malaria and dengue vectors.PloS one · 2022Article
- Mosquito Attractants.Journal of chemical ecology · 2021Review
- Olfaction in Anopheles mosquitoes.Chemical senses · 2021Review
- Chemical profiling of the human skin surface for malaria vector control via a non-invasive sorptive sampler with GC×GC-TOFMS.Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry · 2020Article
- Controlling mosquitoes with semiochemicals: a review.Parasites & vectors · 2020Review
- Determination and Profiling of Human Skin Odors Using Hair Samples.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
- Impact of Consumption of Bananas on Attraction ofInsects · 2018Article
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Abstract
Mosquitoes display biting preferences among different sites of the human body. In addition to height or convection currents, body odour may play a role in the selection of these biting sites. Previous studies have shown that skin emanations are important host-finding cues for mosquitoes. In this study, skin emanations were collected from armpits, hands and feet; the volatile profiles were analysed and tested for their attractiveness to the malaria mosquito Anopheles coluzzii. Skin emanations collected from armpits were less attractive to An. coluzzii compared to hands or/and feet. The difference may have been caused by deodorant residues, which were found in the armpit samples and not in those of hands and feet. In a subsequent experiment, volunteers were asked to avoid using skincare products for five days, and thereafter, no differences in attractiveness of the body parts to mosquitoes were found. The detected deodorant compound isopropyl tetradecanoate inhibited mosquito landings in a repellent bioassay. It is concluded that the volatiles emanated from different body parts induced comparable levels of attraction in mosquitoes, and that skincare products may reduce a person's attractiveness to mosquitoes.
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