ReviewCurrent research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases2021
Variability in human attractiveness to mosquitoes.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Evaluating repellence properties of a catnip essential oil-based mosquito repellent using the human landing catch method in Eastern Uganda.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Seasonal dynamics and species diversity of Anopheles mosquitoes in malaria endemic districts of Southern Odisha India.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Spectral preferences of mosquitos are altered by odors.The Journal of experimental biology · 2025Article
- Menstrual Cycle Matters in Host Attractiveness to Mosquitoes and Topical Repellent Protection.Insects · 2025Article
- Dengue-mediated changes in the vectorial capacity of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae): manipulation of transmission or infection by-product?Journal of medical entomology · 2025Review
- Social Predation by a Nudibranch Mollusc.Integrative organismal biology (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
- Spatial and temporal analysis of West Nile virus infection in mosquito and human populations based on arboviral detection testing data.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Little disease but lots of bites: social, urbanistic, and entomological risk factors of human exposure to Aedes aegypti in South Texas, U.S.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Smelly interactions: host-borne volatile organic compounds triggering behavioural responses in mosquitoes, sand flies, and ticks.Parasites & vectors · 2024Review
- Carbon dioxide shapes parasite-host interactions in a human-infective nematode.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
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- Tips and tools to obtain and assess mosquito viromes.Archives of microbiology · 2024Review
- A bioassay method validation framework for laboratory and semi-field tests used to evaluate vector control tools.Malaria journal · 2023Article
- Carboxylic acids that drive mosquito attraction to humans activate ionotropic receptors.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Article
- Synergistic attraction of Western black-legged ticks,Royal Society open science · 2023Article
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Abstract
Blood-feeding mosquitoes locate humans spatially by detecting a combination of human-derived chemical signals, including carbon dioxide, lactic acid, and other volatile organic compounds. Mosquitoes use these signals to differentiate humans from other animals. Spatial abiotic factors (e.g. humidity, heat) are also used by mosquitoes to find a host. Mosquitoes cause discomfort and harm to humans, being vectors of many pathogens. However, not all humans suffer from mosquito bites with the same frequency or intensity. Some individuals are more attractive to mosquitoes than others, and this has an important impact on the risk of infection by pathogens transmitted by these vectors, such as arboviruses and malaria parasites. Variability in human attractiveness to mosquitoes is partially due to individual characteristics in the composition and intensity in the release of mosquito attractants. The factors that determine these particularities are diverse, modestly understood and still quite controversial. Thus, this review discusses the role of pregnancy, infection with malaria parasites (
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