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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://repositorio.insp.mx:8080/jspui/handle/20.500.12096/8387
Title: Rat volatiles as an attractant source for the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus
Keywords: Aedes / physiology; Animals; Cresols / analysis; Cresols / chemistry; Female; Indoles / analysis; Indoles / chemistry; Male; Mosquito Control / methods; Mosquito Vectors / physiology; Odorants / analysis; Phenol / analysis; Phenol / chemistry; Phenols / analysis; Phenols / chemistry; Pheromones / metabolism; Pheromones / physiology; Pregnancy; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Volatilization; nan
Issue Date: 2021
Publisher: nan
Abstract: Aedes albopictus is a vector of dengue, chikungunya, and dirofilariasis. Volatile compounds are crucial for mosquitoes to locate their hosts. This knowledge has allowed the identification of attractants derived from human odours for highly anthropophilic mosquito species. In this study, we used rats as a experimental model to identify potential attractants for host-seeking Ae. albopictus females. Porapak Q extracts from immature female rats were more attractive to Ae. albopictus females than those from mature and pregnant females, and males. Phenol, 4-methylphenol, 4-ethylphenol, and indole were identified compounds in male, immature, mature, and pregnant female extracts. There were quantitative differences in these compounds among the extracts that likely explain the discrepancy in their attractiveness. Ae. albopictus females were not attracted to the single compounds when was compared with the four-component blend. However, the binary blend of 4-methylphenol 4-ethylphenol and the tertiary blend of 4-methylphenol 4-ethylphenol indole were as attractive as the four-component blend. In the field trials, BGS traps baited with the tertiary or quaternary blends caught more Ae. albopictus females and males than BGS traps without lures. This is the first laboratory and field study to identify compounds that mediate the attraction of Ae. albopictus to one of its hosts.
URI: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-61925-z
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-61925-z
http://repositorio.insp.mx:8080/jspui/handle/20.500.12096/8387
ISSN: 2045-2322
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