THE EFFECTS OF NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC ATTRACTANTS AND REPELLENTS ON IXODES PERSULCATUS
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2024. 32 (1)About authors:
Sergey V. Andreev, e-mailDisinfectology Institute of the Federal Scientific Center of Hygiene named after F. F. Erisman of the Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare, Moscow, Russia
Konstantin A. Sakharov,
School of Material Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, the Republic of Singapore
Sergey A. Zverev,
Disinfectology Institute of the Federal Scientific Center of Hygiene named after F. F. Erisman of the Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare, Moscow, Russia
Eugenia A. Lapina,
Disinfectology Institute of the Federal Scientific Center of Hygiene named after F. F. Erisman of the Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare, Moscow, Russia
Daria V. Savraeva,
Disinfectology Institute of the Federal Scientific Center of Hygiene named after F. F. Erisman of the Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare, Moscow, Russia
Marina B. Akhmetshina,
Disinfectology Institute of the Federal Scientific Center of Hygiene named after F. F. Erisman of the Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare, Moscow, Russia
Elena V. Ushakova,
Disinfectology Institute of the Federal Scientific Center of Hygiene named after F. F. Erisman of the Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare, Moscow, Russia
Andrey S. Kuzovlev,
Disinfectology Institute of the Federal Scientific Center of Hygiene named after F. F. Erisman of the Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare, Moscow, Russia;
X-BIO Institute, Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia;
Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Acknowledgments:
This research was carried out using the Russian Federation state budget funds for the state procurement № 1023032900395-5-1.6.23 and the Singapore grant MAR 04INS000458C150OOE01.Annotation:
Tick-borne diseases have posed a serious threat to human health and life in recent decades as the number of cases of vector-borne diseases is rising steadily. Taiga ticks (Ixodes persulcatus) are among the most hazardous species of the Ixodidae family; they have spread from Siberia to China, Japan, Scandinavia and Poland. While repellents constitute a conventional line of defense against arthropod assaults, attractants are also employed in arthropod traps and may serve as the foundation for future protective technologies. The purpose of our study was to determine whether synthetic and natural substances of different classes have repellent or attractant effects on the taiga ticks. The substances included: DEET, IR3535, icaridin (KBR 3023), 2-undeca- none, nootkatone, squalene, methyl salicylate, benzaldehyde and guanine. Choice trials (treated vs. untreated textile materials) were conducted across a broad concentration range. The results have shown that the effective dose of IR3535 was 66.0 g/m2, while DEET and icaridin repelled taiga ticks at 17.3 g/m2. The most effective repellent for I. persulcatus was nootkatone, at the concentration of 1.0 g/m2. Undecanone’s repellent ability was weaker compared to nootkatone, with an effective concentration of 2.0 g/m2. None of the chemicals under study exhibited a 100% attractant effect. Nevertheless, benzaldehyde and guanine exhibited the highest levels of attractant activity.
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