[Behavioral response of Anopheles albimanus to volatile compounds collected inside houses from the south of Chiapas, Mexico].
OBJECTIVE
To determine effects of volatile compounds in homes on the behavioral response of Anopheles albimanus.


METHODS
The study was conducted in January 2006, in the village of Nueva Independencia village, Suchiate, Chiapas. Volatile compounds were collected inside homes and the extracts were tested on unfed females in a Y-olfactometer. Extracts were analyzed in a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry system (GC-MS).


RESULTS
Twenty eight extracts were obtained, twelve presented attraction and two repellency responses. GC-MS analyses of the extracts indicated variation in the volatile compound present in the extracts, but could not associated specific compounds with any particular effect.


CONCLUSIONS
Within homes, volatiles presented attraction and repellency responses to An. albimanus. A definate pattern concerning the presence of a characteristic chemical compound and the observed response was not found.
Escuela de Salud Pública de México, México.
Silvany Mayoly
SM
Ríos-Delgado
Américo David
AD
Rodríguez-Ramírez
Leopoldo
L
Cruz-López
Luis Alonso
LA
Escobar-Pérez
Ma de Lourdes
Mde L
Aburto-Juárez
José Luis
JL
Torres-Estrada
D000388:Air / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D001070:Appetitive Behavior / Q000187:drug effects*; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D005260:Female; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006798:Housing; D006838:Hydrocarbons / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D007302:Insect Repellents / Q000494:pharmacology; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D008800:Mexico; D055549:Volatile Organic Compounds / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*
D006838:Hydrocarbons; D007302:Insect Repellents; D055549:Volatile Organic Compounds
Respuesta de Anopheles albimanus a compuestos volátiles de casas del sur de Chiapas, México.