Evaluation of carbon dioxide and 1-octen-3-ol as mosquito attractants.
CDC Light traps were used to study the attractant effect of CO2 and 1-octen-3-ol on trap catches of mosquito populations at three different locations in Malaysia. There was a significant increase in the number of mosquitos caught in traps baited with CO2 and CO2 with 1-octen-3-ol. The number of mosquitos caught in the CDC light trap and in the CDC light trap baited with 1-octen-3-ol alone were very few. 1-octen-3-ol and CO2 acted synergistically in attracting significantly greater numbers of Culex tritaeniorhynchus. However Anopheles sp. were not very attracted to light traps even with attractants added to them.
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Division of Medical Entomology, Institute for Medical Research, Kula, Lumpur, Malaysia.
Chiang
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Chan
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D000818:Animals; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D003465:Culex / Q000502:physiology; D009033:Culicidae / Q000502:physiology*; D004463:Ecology; D007303:Insect Vectors; D000442:Octanols
D000442:Octanols; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; C038844:1-octen-3-ol