Reception of odors and repellents in mosquitoes

A Ray - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•Mosquitoes sense exhaled CO 2 and skin odor to find humans.•Attractive
odorants can be used as lures in mosquito traps.•Inhibitors of the mosquito CO 2 receptor …

[PDF][PDF] Volatile pyrethroids as a potential mosquito abatement tool: a review of pyrethroid-containing spatial repellents

CS Bibbs, PE Kaufman - Journal of Integrated Pest Management, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Ongoing difficulties with successful urban mosquito management highlights the need to find
novel management strategies to reduce the impact of mosquito vectors. To date, urban …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial repellents: The current roadmap to global recommendation of spatial repellents for public health use

NL Achee, TA Perkins, SM Moore, F Liu… - Current Research in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Spatial repellent (SR) products are envisioned to complement existing vector control
methods through the continual release of volatile active ingredients (AI) providing:(i) …

Efficacy of the spatial repellent product Mosquito Shield™ against wild pyrethroid-resistant Anopheles arabiensis in south-eastern Tanzania

JK Swai, AC Soto, WS Ntabaliba, UA Kibondo… - Malaria Journal, 2023 - Springer
Background Spatial repellents that create airborne concentrations of an active ingredient
(AI) within a space offer a scalable solution to further reduce transmission of malaria, by …

Evaluating a push–pull strategy for management of Drosophila suzukii Matsumura in red raspberry

AK Wallingford, DH Cha, GM Loeb - Pest management science, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Drosophila suzukii Matsumura is a serious pest of small fruits that lays its
eggs in growing fruit. Current management strategies rely on an unsustainable schedule of …

[HTML][HTML] Measuring, manipulating and exploiting behaviours of adult mosquitoes to optimise malaria vector control impact

GF Killeen, JM Marshall, SS Kiware, AB South… - BMJ Global …, 2017 - gh.bmj.com
Residual malaria transmission can persist despite high coverage with effective long-lasting
insecticidal nets (LLINs) and/or indoor residual spraying (IRS), because many vector …

Evaluation of the protective efficacy of a spatial repellent to reduce malaria incidence in children in western Kenya compared to placebo: study protocol for a cluster …

EO Ochomo, JE Gimnig, A Bhattarai, AM Samuels… - Trials, 2022 - Springer
Background Spatial repellents are widely used for prevention of mosquito bites and
evidence is building on their public health value, but their efficacy against malaria incidence …

Prospects for malaria control through manipulation of mosquito larval habitats and olfactory-mediated behavioural responses using plant-derived compounds

JM Muema, JL Bargul, SN Njeru, JO Onyango… - Parasites & vectors, 2017 - Springer
Malaria presents an overwhelming public health challenge, particularly in sub-Saharan
Africa where vector favourable conditions and poverty prevail, potentiating the disease …

Is outdoor vector control needed for malaria elimination? An individual-based modelling study

L Zhu, GC Müller, JM Marshall, KL Arheart, WA Qualls… - Malaria journal, 2017 - Springer
Background Residual malaria transmission has been reported in many areas even with
adequate indoor vector control coverage, such as long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs). The …

Semi-field evaluation of freestanding transfluthrin passive emanators and the BG sentinel trap as a “push-pull control strategy” against Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

MM Tambwe, SJ Moore, H Chilumba, JK Swai… - Parasites & …, 2020 - Springer
Background Spatial repellents that drive mosquitoes away from treated areas, and odour-
baited traps, that attract and kill mosquitoes, can be combined and work synergistically in a …