TY - JOUR
KW - Infectious Diseases
KW - Parasitology
AU - Lucas-Barbosa D
AU - DeGennaro M
AU - Mathis A
AU - Verhulst NO
AB - The skin microbiota plays an essential role in the protection against pathogens. It is our skin microbiota that makes us smell different from each other, rendering us more or less attractive to mosquitoes. Mosquitoes exploit skin bacterial odours to locate their hosts and are vectors of pathogens that can cause severe diseases such as malaria and dengue fever. A novel solution for long-lasting protection against insect vectors of disease could be attained by manipulating the bacterial commensals on human skin. The current options for protection against biting insects usually require topical application of repellents that evaporate within hours. We discuss possible routes for the use of commensal bacteria to create a microbial-based repellent.
BT - Trends in Parasitology
DO - 10.1016/j.pt.2021.08.010
LA - eng
N2 - The skin microbiota plays an essential role in the protection against pathogens. It is our skin microbiota that makes us smell different from each other, rendering us more or less attractive to mosquitoes. Mosquitoes exploit skin bacterial odours to locate their hosts and are vectors of pathogens that can cause severe diseases such as malaria and dengue fever. A novel solution for long-lasting protection against insect vectors of disease could be attained by manipulating the bacterial commensals on human skin. The current options for protection against biting insects usually require topical application of repellents that evaporate within hours. We discuss possible routes for the use of commensal bacteria to create a microbial-based repellent.
PB - Elsevier BV
PY - 2021
T2 - Trends in Parasitology
TI - Skin bacterial volatiles: propelling the future of vector control
SN - 1471-4922
ER -