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Attraction of the Mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) to a 3-Part Phytochemical Blend in a Mesocosm

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dc.contributor.author Robert, P. Hutcheson
dc.contributor.author Babak, Ebrahimi
dc.contributor.author Basilio, N. Njiru
dc.contributor.author Woodbridge, A. Foster
dc.contributor.author William, Jany
dc.date.accessioned 2022-07-18T13:06:16Z
dc.date.available 2022-07-18T13:06:16Z
dc.date.issued 2022
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjab195
dc.description NA en_US
dc.description.abstract Aedes aegypti (L.) and Aedes albopictus (Skuse) mosquitoes of both sexes were attracted to a 3-part volatile synthetic phytochemical blend but differed according to their component ratios, 7:3:2 or 1:1:1, and their initial concentrations. These arbovirus vectors were presented with the blends as baits in paired baited and blank CFG traps in a large greenhouse mesocosm. Ae. aegypti attraction was highest at a 7:3:2 blend ratio, but at a concentration half that found most effective for an anopheline mosquito species in outdoor screenhouses.Both lower and higher concentrations yielded substantially lower attraction scores for Ae. aegypti. By contrast,the few tests conducted on Ae. albopictus showed that it was not as sensitive to concentration, but again it was more responsive to the 7:3:2 ratio of components than to the 1:1:1 ratio. The two sexes of both species were represented equally in the trap catches, indicating the potential value of this and similar attractive blends for population surveillance and control of Aedes mosquitoes en_US
dc.description.sponsorship Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to Clarke International LLC National Institute of Health National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases to W.A.Foster en_US
dc.publisher Journal of Medical Entomology en_US
dc.rights Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States *
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ *
dc.subject Aedes aegypti en_US
dc.subject Aedes albopictus en_US
dc.subject mosquito, phytochemicals en_US
dc.subject attractants en_US
dc.title Attraction of the Mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) to a 3-Part Phytochemical Blend in a Mesocosm en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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