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1 September 2013 Indoor Volatiles of Primary School Classrooms in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico, Are Attractants to Aedes aegypti Females
José Luis Torres Estrada, Silvany Mayoly Ríos Delgado, Willem Takken
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Abstract

We determined the behavioral response of Aedes aegypti females to volatile compounds collected in indoor primary school classrooms. Volatiles were collected from classrooms from 0800 through 1030 h and 1130 through 1400 h in urban and rural schools in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. Female responses to volatiles were assessed in a Y-tube olfactometer. Chemical compounds were identified using gas chromatography–mass spectrometer analysis. Volatiles from both schools were attractive when compared against their control. When such volatiles were compared, those from the rural school were more attractive than the ones from the urban school. Chromatographic profiles were similar between schools; however, the rural school showed more compounds. Attraction of Ae. aegypti females toward volatiles of primary school classrooms might increase dengue transmission probabilities in those sites.

2013 by The American Mosquito Control Association, Inc.
José Luis Torres Estrada, Silvany Mayoly Ríos Delgado, and Willem Takken "Indoor Volatiles of Primary School Classrooms in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico, Are Attractants to Aedes aegypti Females," Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 29(3), 297-300, (1 September 2013). https://doi.org/10.2987/12-6278.1
Published: 1 September 2013
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KEYWORDS
Aedes aegypti
attractants
Dengue fever
mosquitoes
primary school
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