Project Number: 6615-32000-040-02
Project Type: Specific C/A

Start Date: Oct 01, 2000
End Date: Sep 30, 2005

Objective:
Collect and identify volatile chemicals produced by human and animal skin that are attractive to hungry mosquitoes. Use attractants in trapping systems for the surveillance and control of mosquito vectors of infectious disease agents.

Approach:
Develop methods and apparatus for the collection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from human skin and from the skin, hair, and/or feathers of domestic and wild animal hosts. Use gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS), and related chemistry techniques, to analyze and identify VOCs. Develop procedures and apparatus to collect and analyze VOCs in airstreams and in host odor plumes in the laboratory and field. Develop procedures and apparatus for the controlled release of attractants in trapping systems and for the deployment of attractant-enhanced trapping systems in the field.

Project Team

Bernier, Ulrich Richard Yost - Professor Of Chemistry (352)374-5930

Project Annual Reports

FY 2003   FY 2002   FY 2001

Related National Programs

Animal Health (103)   Veterinary, Medical and Urban Entomology (104)