Host preferences of blood-feeding mosquitoes

W Takken, NO Verhulst - Annual review of entomology, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Mosquitoes use plant sugars and vertebrate blood as nutritional resources. When searching
for blood hosts, some mosquitoes express preferential behavior for selected species. Here …

Odor-mediated behavior of Afrotropical malaria mosquitoes

W Takken, BGJ Knols - Annual review of entomology, 1999 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The African mosquito species Anopheles gambiae sensu lato sl and Anopheles
funestus rank among the world's most efficient vectors of human malaria. Their unique …

[HTML][HTML] Composition of human skin microbiota affects attractiveness to malaria mosquitoes

NO Verhulst, YT Qiu, H Beijleveld, C Maliepaard… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
The African malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto continues to play an
important role in malaria transmission, which is aggravated by its high degree of …

Mosquito attractants

L Dormont, M Mulatier, D Carrasco… - Journal of chemical …, 2021 - Springer
Vector control and personal protection against anthropophilic mosquitoes mainly rely on the
use of insecticides and repellents. The search for mosquito-attractive semiochemicals has …

Olfactory regulation of mosquito–host interactions

LJ Zwiebel, W Takken - Insect biochemistry and molecular biology, 2004 - Elsevier
Mosquitoes that act as disease vectors rely upon olfactory cues to direct several important
behaviors that are fundamentally involved in establishing their overall vectorial capacity. Of …

Visual and olfactory responses of haematophagous Diptera to host stimuli

G Gibson, SJ Torr - Medical and veterinary entomology, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Key biotic and environmental constraints on the host‐orientated behaviour of
haematophagous Diptera are summarized. For each major group of biting Diptera …

Modelling the potential of genetic control of malaria mosquitoes at national scale

AR North, A Burt, HCJ Godfray - BMC biology, 2019 - Springer
Background The persistence of malaria in large parts of sub-Saharan Africa has motivated
the development of novel tools to complement existing control programmes, including gene …

Human–mosquito contact: a missing link in our understanding of mosquito-borne disease transmission dynamics

P Thongsripong, JM Hyman, DD Kapan… - Annals of the …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Despite the critical role that contact between hosts and vectors, through vector bites, plays in
driving vector-borne disease (VBD) transmission, transmission risk is primarily studied …

Blood‐feeding behaviour of the malarial mosquito Anopheles arabiensis: implications for vector control

I Tirados, C Costantini, G Gibson… - Medical and veterinary …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Feeding behaviour of the malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis Patton (Diptera: Culicidae)
was monitored for 12 months (March 2003− February 2004) in the Konso District of southern …

Identification of Human-Derived Volatile Chemicals that Interfere with Attraction of Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes

JG Logan, MA Birkett, SJ Clark, S Powers… - Journal of chemical …, 2008 - Springer
It is known that human individuals show different levels of attractiveness to mosquitoes. In
this study, we investigated the chemical basis for low attractiveness. We recorded behaviors …