The attraction of mosquitoes by human beings Statistical analysis of data

Abstract

Anopheles elutus females are attracted by human beings. The human body eliminates certain substances which exert an attraction. The expired air alone is sufficient to attract the mosquitoes. Mild air currents may play an important part in carrying and directing these attracting factors towards the mosquitoes.

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“…Human breath has been reported to be attractive to Anopheles mosquitoes [21,22] and Aedes aegypti [23]. Krotozynski et al [24] identified 102 organic compounds of endogenous and exogenous origin in human breath, obtained from a group of 28 carefully selected healthy individuals.…”

THE ANOPHELES LEUCOSPHYRUS GR0UP.1

“…A number of workers, however, have tested short-range attractants, e.g. Reuter (1936), van Thiel (1937) , Willis (1947), Mer, Birnbaum, and Aioub (1947) , Parker (1949), Brown, Sarkaria, and Thompson (1951), Sippell and Brown (1953) ; although some results are contradictory, it does appear tbat, for certain species, warmth and moisture, and possibly CO, andhhe odour of sweat are the main attractants which bring the hungry mosquito to feed on the bait, and certain visual attractants have also been described. It is, however, most diflicult to believe that such attractants, emanating from, say, a single animal, could establish detectable gradients over a distance of more than a few yards, or tens of yards, and such an effect seems totally inadequate to explain the feeding of A .…”

The impact of heterogeneous transmission on the establishment and spread of antimalarial drug resistance

“…These differences in biting patterns are further localized by movement patterns of both mosquitoes and humans (Stoddard et al, 2009). In addition, mosquitoes are differentially attracted to some individuals (Knols et al, 1995; Lindsay et al, 1993; Mer et al, 1947), and are more likely to feed on a larger individual (i.e. adult vs. child) because they have more surface area for biting (Port et al, 1980).…”