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Attraction of Triatoma infestans (Klug) to adhesive yeast-baited trap under laboratory conditions

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Existing methods to detect domestic triatomines have low sensitivity. As early house infestation detection is epidemiologically important, the exploration of better methods is required. Hence, we measured the attractiveness of a yeast-baited trap to adults and nymphs of Triatoma infestans, under laboratory conditions. The assays were conducted in an experimental arena, with an experimental and a control traps placed at opposite sides and one refuge in the center area. Insects were released and the number of triatomines in the yeast and control traps were counted, after 3, 6 and 24 h of the beginning of the experiment. We used generalized linear models within a multimodel inference approach to model the number of insects in the trap, using insect age classes, time after assay initiation and date of the experiment as predictors. Our results show that the attraction to CO2 depends upon the life stage of the insects. During the 24 h of experiment a constant number of adults (3.5; 95% CI [3.0; 4.1]) were attracted to the yeast trap, while nymphs show attraction only up to the first three hours after the initiation of CO2 liberation (2.7; 95% CI [2.0; 3.5]). Undoubtedly, the orientation response to chemical cues deserves further studies to be fully understood.

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank Emma Bosco and Elisa Barbero for their valuable contribution with the design and development of the adhesive yeast trap. We also thank Raul Stariolo from the Centro de Referencia de Vectores from the Servicio Nacional de Chagas (CeReVe-SNCh, Santa María de Punilla Córdoba, Argentina) for the provision of the insects for experimentation. MC and DEG are supported by the National Research Council of Argentina (CONICET).

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This work was supported by a grant given by the National University of Córdoba to LBC.

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  1. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Cátedra de Introducción a la Biología. Córdoba, Argentina. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas (IIBYT-CONICET), Avda. Velez Sarsfield 299, Córdoba, X5000JJC, Argentina

    Miriam Cardozo, Federico Gastón Fiad & Liliana Beatriz Crocco

  2. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Grupo de Ecología y Control de Vectores. Instituto de Diversidad y Ecología Animal (IDEA- CONICET), Rondeau 798 (Jardín Zoológico), X5000AVP, Córdoba, Argentina

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Cardozo, M., Fiad, F.G., Crocco, L.B. et al. Attraction of Triatoma infestans (Klug) to adhesive yeast-baited trap under laboratory conditions. Int J Trop Insect Sci 40, 209–215 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-019-00071-0

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