Cargando…
Spatial repellents transfluthrin and metofluthrin affect the behavior of Dermacentor variabilis, Amblyomma americanum, and Ixodes scapularis in an in vitro vertical climb assay
Repellents serve an important role in bite protection. Tick repellents largely rely on biomechanisms that induce responses with direct contact, but synthetic pyrethroids used as spatial repellents against insects have received recent attention for potential use in tick protection systems. An in vitr...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Public Library of Science
2022
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9642883/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36346809 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269150 |
_version_ | 1784826406467796992 |
---|---|
author | Siegel, Eric L. Olivera, Marcos Roig, Esteban Martinez Perry, Melynda Li, Andrew Y. D’hers, Sebastián Elman, Noel M. Rich, Stephen M. |
author_facet | Siegel, Eric L. Olivera, Marcos Roig, Esteban Martinez Perry, Melynda Li, Andrew Y. D’hers, Sebastián Elman, Noel M. Rich, Stephen M. |
author_sort | Siegel, Eric L. |
collection | PubMed |
description | Repellents serve an important role in bite protection. Tick repellents largely rely on biomechanisms that induce responses with direct contact, but synthetic pyrethroids used as spatial repellents against insects have received recent attention for potential use in tick protection systems. An in vitro vertical climb assay was designed to assess spatial repellency against Dermacentor variabilis, Amblyomma americanum, and Ixodes scapularis adult, female ticks. Climbing behavior was assessed with and without the presence of two spatial repellents, transfluthrin and metofluthrin. Repellency parameters were defined to simulate the natural questing behavior of ambushing ticks, including measures of detachment, pseudo-questing duration, climbing deterrence, and activity. Significant effects were observed within each parameter. D. variabilis showed the greatest general susceptibility to each repellent, followed by A. americanum, and I. scapularis. The most important and integrative measure of repellency was climbing deterrence–a measure of the spatial repellent’s ability to disrupt a tick’s natural propensity to climb. Transfluthrin deterred 75% of D. variabilis, 67% of A. americanum, and 50% of I. scapularis. Metofluthrin was slightly more effective, deterring 81% of D. variabilis, 73% of A. americanum, and 72% of I. scapularis. The present study poses a novel paradigm for repellency and reports a preliminary assessment of spatial repellent effect on tick behavior. Further research will assess spatial repellency in a more natural setting, scale exposure conditions, and incorporate host cues. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-9642883 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2022 |
publisher | Public Library of Science |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-96428832022-11-15 Spatial repellents transfluthrin and metofluthrin affect the behavior of Dermacentor variabilis, Amblyomma americanum, and Ixodes scapularis in an in vitro vertical climb assay Siegel, Eric L. Olivera, Marcos Roig, Esteban Martinez Perry, Melynda Li, Andrew Y. D’hers, Sebastián Elman, Noel M. Rich, Stephen M. PLoS One Research Article Repellents serve an important role in bite protection. Tick repellents largely rely on biomechanisms that induce responses with direct contact, but synthetic pyrethroids used as spatial repellents against insects have received recent attention for potential use in tick protection systems. An in vitro vertical climb assay was designed to assess spatial repellency against Dermacentor variabilis, Amblyomma americanum, and Ixodes scapularis adult, female ticks. Climbing behavior was assessed with and without the presence of two spatial repellents, transfluthrin and metofluthrin. Repellency parameters were defined to simulate the natural questing behavior of ambushing ticks, including measures of detachment, pseudo-questing duration, climbing deterrence, and activity. Significant effects were observed within each parameter. D. variabilis showed the greatest general susceptibility to each repellent, followed by A. americanum, and I. scapularis. The most important and integrative measure of repellency was climbing deterrence–a measure of the spatial repellent’s ability to disrupt a tick’s natural propensity to climb. Transfluthrin deterred 75% of D. variabilis, 67% of A. americanum, and 50% of I. scapularis. Metofluthrin was slightly more effective, deterring 81% of D. variabilis, 73% of A. americanum, and 72% of I. scapularis. The present study poses a novel paradigm for repellency and reports a preliminary assessment of spatial repellent effect on tick behavior. Further research will assess spatial repellency in a more natural setting, scale exposure conditions, and incorporate host cues. Public Library of Science 2022-11-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9642883/ /pubmed/36346809 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269150 Text en © 2022 Siegel et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Siegel, Eric L. Olivera, Marcos Roig, Esteban Martinez Perry, Melynda Li, Andrew Y. D’hers, Sebastián Elman, Noel M. Rich, Stephen M. Spatial repellents transfluthrin and metofluthrin affect the behavior of Dermacentor variabilis, Amblyomma americanum, and Ixodes scapularis in an in vitro vertical climb assay |
title | Spatial repellents transfluthrin and metofluthrin affect the behavior of Dermacentor variabilis, Amblyomma americanum, and Ixodes scapularis in an in vitro vertical climb assay |
title_full | Spatial repellents transfluthrin and metofluthrin affect the behavior of Dermacentor variabilis, Amblyomma americanum, and Ixodes scapularis in an in vitro vertical climb assay |
title_fullStr | Spatial repellents transfluthrin and metofluthrin affect the behavior of Dermacentor variabilis, Amblyomma americanum, and Ixodes scapularis in an in vitro vertical climb assay |
title_full_unstemmed | Spatial repellents transfluthrin and metofluthrin affect the behavior of Dermacentor variabilis, Amblyomma americanum, and Ixodes scapularis in an in vitro vertical climb assay |
title_short | Spatial repellents transfluthrin and metofluthrin affect the behavior of Dermacentor variabilis, Amblyomma americanum, and Ixodes scapularis in an in vitro vertical climb assay |
title_sort | spatial repellents transfluthrin and metofluthrin affect the behavior of dermacentor variabilis, amblyomma americanum, and ixodes scapularis in an in vitro vertical climb assay |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9642883/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36346809 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269150 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT siegelericl spatialrepellentstransfluthrinandmetofluthrinaffectthebehaviorofdermacentorvariabilisamblyommaamericanumandixodesscapularisinaninvitroverticalclimbassay AT oliveramarcos spatialrepellentstransfluthrinandmetofluthrinaffectthebehaviorofdermacentorvariabilisamblyommaamericanumandixodesscapularisinaninvitroverticalclimbassay AT roigestebanmartinez spatialrepellentstransfluthrinandmetofluthrinaffectthebehaviorofdermacentorvariabilisamblyommaamericanumandixodesscapularisinaninvitroverticalclimbassay AT perrymelynda spatialrepellentstransfluthrinandmetofluthrinaffectthebehaviorofdermacentorvariabilisamblyommaamericanumandixodesscapularisinaninvitroverticalclimbassay AT liandrewy spatialrepellentstransfluthrinandmetofluthrinaffectthebehaviorofdermacentorvariabilisamblyommaamericanumandixodesscapularisinaninvitroverticalclimbassay AT dherssebastian spatialrepellentstransfluthrinandmetofluthrinaffectthebehaviorofdermacentorvariabilisamblyommaamericanumandixodesscapularisinaninvitroverticalclimbassay AT elmannoelm spatialrepellentstransfluthrinandmetofluthrinaffectthebehaviorofdermacentorvariabilisamblyommaamericanumandixodesscapularisinaninvitroverticalclimbassay AT richstephenm spatialrepellentstransfluthrinandmetofluthrinaffectthebehaviorofdermacentorvariabilisamblyommaamericanumandixodesscapularisinaninvitroverticalclimbassay |