The proven ability of vector mosquitoes to adapt to various strategies developed to control them has enabled mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue, and lymphatic filariasis to remain entrenched as public health threats all over the world. Rather than continuing to seek a miracle cure for all mosquito vector problems among the ranks of single mode-of-action chemical pesticides, today’s developers of vector control strategies are increasingly turning to more integrated, varied techniques, relying on pheromones and other semiochemicals to effect vector control through behavioral manipulation of the vector. Examples of this focus include attract-and-kill technologies utilizing floral odors and vertebrate host-associated scent cues to achieve control of adult mosquitoes, and selective oviposition attractants and larval phagostimulants to improve the efficacy of bacterial larvicides.

事实证明，媒介蚊能够适应各种控制其发展的策略，从而使蚊媒疾病（如疟疾，登革热和淋巴丝虫病）根深蒂固，成为全世界公共卫生的威胁。如今，媒介控制策略的开发人员不再继续寻求单一作用模式化学农药行列中所有蚊子媒介问题的奇迹疗法，而是越来越多地依靠信息素和其他化学信息素来寻求更综合，多样的技术。通过行为的向量控制来控制向量。这种重点的例子包括利用花香和与脊椎动物宿主相关的气味提示来吸引和杀死技术，以控制成年蚊子，