Microbe-mediated method for attracting mosquitoes and apparatus thereof

[0018] Some bacteria, existing in human sweat, are known to produce methanethiols that emanate as both cheese and foot odor. The microbes may be responsible for producing human odors from human perspiration. Evidence for direct microbial involvement in producing the volatile attractants in human hosts has been demonstrated by showing that incubation of sweat enhances its attraction. Therefore, it is very useful to identify these microbes and use these microbes for simulating human odors, as a means for attracting the haematophagous mosquitoes.

[0019] In this invention, the mosquito attractants include at least a human odor simulator (mosquito attractant) simulating human host volatiles. The human odor simulator is provided by bacterial decomposition or fermentation products of specific bacteria existing on the human skin surface.

[0020] Experimental Data:

[0021] Some experiments were applied to mosquitoes, described as following:

[0022] Mosquitoes The Aedes aegipti (Ping-Tung Taiwan st