L-lactic and 2-ketoglutaric Acids, Odors from Human Skin, Govern Attraction and Landing in Host-Seeking Female Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes
Sumner, Benjamin D., Amos, Brogan, Bello, Jan, and Cardé, Ring T. (2022) L-lactic and 2-ketoglutaric Acids, Odors from Human Skin, Govern Attraction and Landing in Host-Seeking Female Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes. Journal of Insect Behavior, 35. pp. 213-226.
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Abstract
Aedes aegypti, presented with a source of L-lactic and 2-ketoglutaric acid in a wind-tunnel bioassay, takeoff, fly upwind, and land on the odorant substrate at rates comparable to those exhibited by mosquitoes presented with a skin-odor stimulus. Addition of carbon dioxide decreased takeoff latency but was not required to elicit upwind flight nor landings. Ketoglutaric acid, a recently identified component of human skin odor, combined with lactic acid elicits the full repertoire of mosquito host-seeking behaviors.
| Item ID: | 77591 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1572-8889 |
| Keywords: | 2-hydroxypropanoic acid, 2-oxopentanedioic acid, Carbon dioxide, Culicidae, Wind tunnel |
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| Date Deposited: | 18 Apr 2023 01:04 |
| FoR Codes: | 31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 3109 Zoology > 310913 Invertebrate biology @ 50% 31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 3109 Zoology > 310907 Animal physiological ecology @ 50% |
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