ReviewTrends in parasitology2022
Human attractive cues and mosquito host-seeking behavior.
Review in Trends in parasitology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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53 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 94 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Mosquito and arbovirus surveillance in wetlands of South-East England: Comparison of two adult mosquito traps, use of a novel trap with FTA™ cards and arbovirus testing.Medical and veterinary entomology · 2026Article
- Ecotypes,bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Functional characterization of AsOBP21f, an odorant-binding protein involved in human odor detection in the malaria vector Anopheles sinensis.Parasites & vectors · 2026Article
- Optogenetic Analysis of Behavior in the MosquitobioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Repellent activity against Aedes aegypti and metabolomic profiling of Myrica gale L. essential oils from Irish boglands.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Gustatory avoidance of fatty acids byProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Evaluation of fruit combinations as potential liquid attractants for hydrogel bait applications targeting Aedes mosquitoes.Parasites & vectors · 2026Article
- Modified cone bioassay methods for evaluating chlorfenapyr indoor residual spray.MalariaWorld journal · 2026Article
- The effects of human volatiles produced by skin microbiota on Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) taiwana host preference.Pest management science · 2025Article
- Microbial Volatiles from Human Skin and Floral Nectar: Insufficiently Understood Adult Feeding Cues To Improve Odor-Based Traps for Aedes Vector Control.Journal of chemical ecology · 2025Review
- Insights into the autecology of Aedes albopictus.Parasites & vectors · 2025Review
- Insulin-like peptides activate egg formation in the Asian malaria mosquito Anopheles stephensi.Parasites & vectors · 2025Article
- The olfactory neurobiology and chemical ecology of mosquito attraction to plant nutrient sources.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Review
- Genetic variation in olfactory pathways associated with host-seeking behavior in natural populations of Anopheles minimus, a primary malaria vector in western Thailand.Parasites & vectors · 2025Article
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Abstract
Female mosquitoes use chemical and physical cues, including vision, smell, heat, and humidity, to orient toward hosts. Body odors are produced by skin resident bacteria that convert metabolites secreted in sweat into odorants that confer the characteristic body scent. Mosquitoes detect these compounds using olfactory receptors in their antennal olfactory receptor neurons. Such information is further integrated with the senses of temperature and humidity, as well as vision, processed in the brain into a behavioral output, leading to host finding. Knowledge of human scent components unveils a variety of odorants that are attractive to mosquitoes, but also odor-triggering repellency. Finding ways to divert human-seeking behavior by female mosquitoes using odorants can possibly mitigate mosquito-borne pathogen transmission.
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