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ArticleCurrent biology : CB2023

Human scent guides mosquito thermotaxis and host selection under naturalistic conditions.

Diego Giraldo, Stephanie Rankin-Turner, Abel Corver, Genevieve M Tauxe, Anne L Gao, Dorian M Jackson, Limonty Simubali, Christopher Book, Jennifer C Stevenson, Philip E Thuma and 5 more

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Article in Current biology : CB, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
15.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Diego GiraldoW. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Stephanie Rankin-TurnerW. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Abel CorverThe Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.
Genevieve M TauxeW. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Anne L GaoW. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Dorian M JacksonW. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Limonty SimubaliMacha Research Trust, Choma District, PO Box 630166, Zambia.
Christopher BookW. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; Macha Research Trust, Choma District, PO Box 630166, Zambia.
Jennifer C StevensonW. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; Macha Research Trust, Choma District, PO Box 630166, Zambia.
Philip E ThumaW. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; Macha Research Trust, Choma District, PO Box 630166, Zambia.
Rajiv C McCoyDepartment of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.
Andrew GordusThe Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.
Monicah M MburuMacha Research Trust, Choma District, PO Box 630166, Zambia.
Edgar SimulunduMacha Research Trust, Choma District, PO Box 630166, Zambia.
Conor J McMenimanW. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. Electronic address: cmcmeni1@jhu.edu.
Johns Hopkins University · USGolden Valley Agricultural Research Trust · ZM

Funding

The Influence of Neuronal Variability on Perception and BehaviorR35GM124883 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Andrew George Gordus · 2017 to 2026
$3.8M
Malaria and Mosquito/Tick-borne DiseasesT32AI138953 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI DAVID Joseph SULLIVAN · 2019 to 2026
$2.0M
NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI138953NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM124883
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The African malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae exhibits a strong innate drive to seek out humans in its sensory environment, classically entering homes to land on human skin in the hours flanking midnight. To gain insight into the role that olfactory cues emanating from the human body play in generating this epidemiologically important behavior, we developed a large-scale multi-choice preference assay in Zambia with infrared motion vision under semi-field conditions. We determined that An. gambiae prefers to land on arrayed visual targets warmed to human skin temperature during the nighttime when they are baited with carbon dioxide (CO

Indexed as

AnophelesMalariaTaxis ResponseAnimalsBody OdorCarbon DioxideCarboxylic AcidsHumansMosquito VectorsOdorantsPheromones, HumanCarbon DioxideCarboxylic AcidsPheromones, HumanAnopheles gambiaehost preferencehuman scentmalariamosquitoolfactionthermotaxisvolatile organic compoundvolatilomics

Identifiers

PMID37209680
PMCPMC10824255
OpenAlexW4377092122

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