Impact of Consumption of Bananas on Attraction of Anopheles stephensi to Humans

• Published in: Insects (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 9; no. 4; p. 129
• Main Authors: Paskewitz, Susan, Irwin, Patrick, Konwinski, Nic, Larson, Scott
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 28.09.2018; MDPI
• Subjects: Anopheles gambiae; Anopheles stephensi; Aquatic insects; Attraction; Bananas; Bioassays; Breweries; Consumption; Culicidae; Diet; Experiments; Females; Food; Fruits; glass; Glass substrates; Grapes; heat; host attraction; humans; Humidity; Ingestion; Insect bites; Internet; mosquito; mosquito bites; Mosquitoes; Odors; Skin; surveys; Vitaceae; diet; Anopheles gambiae; host attraction; mosquito

Humans vary in attractiveness to mosquitoes, a phenomenon that is largely attributed to differences in physical cues such as heat and volatile odors emanating from breath and skin. Diet can change human odors but whether specific dietary components alter host attractiveness is largely unexplored. We...