Human scent guides mosquito thermotaxis and host selection under naturalistic conditions.
Anopheles gambiae
host preference
human scent
malaria
mosquito
olfaction
thermotaxis
volatile organic compound
volatilomics
Journal
Current biology : CB
ISSN: 1879-0445
Titre abrégé: Curr Biol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9107782
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
19 06 2023
19 06 2023
Historique:
received:
20
01
2023
revised:
23
03
2023
accepted:
21
04
2023
medline:
22
6
2023
pubmed:
21
5
2023
entrez:
20
5
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
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
Identifiants
pubmed: 37209680
pii: S0960-9822(23)00532-8
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.04.050
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Carbon Dioxide
142M471B3J
Pheromones, Human
0
Carboxylic Acids
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
2367-2382.e7Subventions
Organisme : NIGMS NIH HHS
ID : R35 GM124883
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIAID NIH HHS
ID : T32 AI138953
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of interests The authors declare no competing interests.