Smelly interactions: host-borne volatile organic compounds triggering behavioural responses in mosquitoes, sand flies, and ticks

MA Bezerra-Santos, G Benelli, GS Germinara, P Volf… - Parasites & …, 2024 - Springer
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are chemicals emitted as products of cell metabolism,
which reflects the physiological and pathological conditions of any living organisms. These …

Traveling across life sciences with acetophenone—a simple ketone that has special multipurpose missions

FI Zubkov, VV Kouznetsov - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Each metabolite, regardless of its molecular simplicity or complexity, has a mission or
function in the organism biosynthesizing it. In this review, the biological, allelochemical, and …

Characterization of Two Aldehyde Oxidases from the Greater Wax Moth, Galleria mellonella Linnaeus. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) with Potential Role as Odorant …

R Godoy, I Arias, H Venthur, A Quiroz, A Mutis - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella Linnaeus (Lepidoptera:
Pyralidae), is a ubiquitous pest of the apicultural industry. We identified two novel aldehyde …

Carboxylic acids that drive mosquito attraction to humans activate ionotropic receptors

G Ray, RM Huff, JS Castillo… - PLOS Neglected …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The mosquito, Aedes aegypti, is highly anthropophilic and transmits debilitating arboviruses
within human populations and between humans and non-human primates. Female …

Development of a rapid and robust hydrop interaction liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry method for the detection of 13 endogenous amino acids as …

D Hu, X Liu, Y Yao, S Wei, H Ji, Y Yang… - Biomedical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This work aimed to establish an HILIC‐MS/MS method to simultaneously determine the
levels of 13 endogenous amino acids and trimethylamine oxide in the biological samples …

Skin microbiome alters attractiveness to Anopheles mosquitoes

A Showering, J Martinez, ED Benavente, SA Gezan… - BMC microbiology, 2022 - Springer
Background Some people produce specific body odours that make them more attractive
than others to mosquitoes, and consequently are at higher risk of contracting vector-borne …

Spatial repellency and attractancy responses of some chemical lures against Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) and Anopheles minimus (Diptera: Culicidae) …

W Boonyuan, R Tisgratog, A Ahebwa… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We evaluated the behavioral responses of Aedes albopictus and Anopheles minimus to 3
isovaleric acid and lactic acid-based chemical lure blends and 2 individual alcohols, using …

The conserved IR75 subfamily mediates carboxylic acid detection in insects of public health and agricultural importance

M Cooke, MS Chembars, RJ Pitts - Journal of Insect Science, 2025 - academic.oup.com
Insects perceive and respond to carboxylic acids (CAs), amines, and aldehydes primarily via
conserved ionotropic receptors (IRs). These receptors form the basis for a second olfactory …

Effects of Livestock-Keeping on the Transmission of Mosquito-Borne Diseases

EA Olagunju, IT Ayewumi, BE Adeleye - Zoonoses, 2024 - scienceopen.com
Livestock husbandry provides people with a means of generating revenue and sustenance.
However, this activity influences the dispersal of mosquitoes and the diseases that they …

Health consequences among COVID-19 convalescent patients 30 months post-infection in China

Y Yin, YM Guo, M Xiao, Q Chen, P Long, X Wang… - Zoonoses, 2024 - scienceopen.com
Objective: The health consequences among COVID-19 convalescent patients 30 months
post-infection were described and the potential risk factors were determined. Methods: In …