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odor-baited trap

Transgenic human skin bacteria to produce repellents?

Ninety years ago it was discovered that mosquitoes track us down at night by responding to the smell we as humans produce. Since then, many studies have focused on identifying the nature of the chemicals we produce with the aim to use them to lure mosquitoes to trapping devices, thereby interrupting bloodfeeding and thus transmission of diseases like malaria. But why is there still no trap available for use in the developing world where malaria hits hardest?

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Open Access | Optimizing Odor-Baited Trap Methods for Collecting Mosquitoes during the Malaria Season in The Gambia

Author(s): 
Musa Jawara, Renate C. Smallegange, David Jeffries, Davis C. Nwakanma, Taiwo Samson Awolola, Bart G. J. Knols, Willem Takken, David J. Conway
Reference: 
PLoS ONE 4(12): e8167
Contact email: 
dconway@mrc.gm

To optimize the use of counter-flow traps baited with human odor (nylon socks that had been worn for a single day) to capture wild mosquitoes in the Gambia, investigations were conducted at a field experimental site.

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