title: Solid phase microextraction, sand flies, oviposition pheromones, plaster of Paris and siloxanes-What is in common?
abstract: Sand flies are natural hosts of various microorganisms. Due to their epidemiological importance, sand fly colonies are kept in laboratories to be studied in terms of their biology and vector/host/parasite interactions. In order to investigate the presence of oviposition pheromones in Nyssomyia neivai, experiments using Solid Phase Microextraction (SPME) were performed. However, siloxanes which is an external class of contamination, present in breeding containers made by plaster used to maintain sand flies in colonies, may be hindered the experiments.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Departamento de Zoologia Animal, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Thais Marchi
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Goulart
authors.affiliation: Instituto Federal de São Paulo, Campus Matão, Matão, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Christiann Davis
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Tosta
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Vicente Estevam
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Flávia Benini
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: da Rocha Silva
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Camila Feitosa
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: de Castro
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Departamento de Zoologia Animal, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Dennys Ghenry Samillan
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Ortiz
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Wanderson Henrique Cruz
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: marap@fcfar.unesp.br.
authors.forename: Mara Cristina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Pinto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016477:Artifacts; D002133:Calcium Sulfate / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D005260:Female; D010058:Oviposition; D010675:Pheromones / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000502:physiology*; D012833:Siloxanes / Q000032:analysis*; D052617:Solid Phase Microextraction
chemical_list: D010675:Pheromones; D012833:Siloxanes; D002133:Calcium Sulfate
keywords: Nyssomyia neivai; Oviposition; Plaster of Paris; SPME; Sand flies; Siloxanes