title: Indoor volatiles of primary school classrooms in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico, are attractants to Aedes aegypti females.
abstract: We determined the behavioral response of Aedes aegypti females to volatile compounds collected in indoor primary school classrooms. Volatiles were collected from classrooms from 0800 through 1030 h and 1130 through 1400 h in urban and rural schools in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. Female responses to volatiles were assessed in a Y-tube olfactometer. Chemical compounds were identified using gas chromatography-mass spectrometer analysis. Volatiles from both schools were attractive when compared against their control. When such volatiles were compared, those from the rural school were more attractive than the ones from the urban school. Chromatographic profiles were similar between schools; however, the rural school showed more compounds. Attraction of Ae. aegypti females toward volatiles of primary school classrooms might increase dengue transmission probabilities in those sites.
authors.affiliation: Centro Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública, 40 Ave. Norte y 19 calle poniente, colonia Centro, Tapachula, Chiapas CP 30700, Mexico.
authors.forename: José Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Torres Estrada
authors.forename: Silvany Mayoly
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Ríos Delgado
authors.forename: Willem
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Takken
mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes / Q000187:drug effects*; D000818:Animals; D001070:Appetitive Behavior / Q000187:drug effects*; D003715:Dengue / Q000635:transmission; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000187:drug effects*; D008800:Mexico; D012574:Schools; D055549:Volatile Organic Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D055549:Volatile Organic Compounds