| Title: | Volatile Organic Compounds: A Promising Tool for Bed Bug Detection |
| Author(s): | Akhoundi M; Chebbah D; Elissa N; Brun S; Jan J; Lacaze I; Izri A; |
| Address: | "Parasitology-Mycology Department, Avicenne Hospital, AP-HP, Sorbonne Paris Nord University, 93000 Bobigny, France. Service Parisien de Sante Environnementale (SPSE), Sous-Direction de la Sante Environnementale et de la Prevention (SDSEP), Direction de la Sante Publique (DSP)-Mairie de Paris, 75019 Paris, France. Agence Regionale de Sante (ARS) Ile-de-France, 35, Rue de la Gare, CEDEX 19, 75935 Paris, France. Centre Scientifique et Technique du Batiment (CSTB), Direction Sante Confort, Division Qualite Sanitaire des Ouvrages, 84, Avenue Jean Jaures, CEDEX F-77447, 77420 Marne-la-Vallee, France. Unite des Virus Emergents (UVE: Aix-Marseille Univ-IRD 190-Inserm 1207-IHU Mediterranee Infection), 13000 Marseille, France" |
| Journal Title: | Int J Environ Res Public Health |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1660-4601 (Electronic) 1661-7827 (Print) 1660-4601 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The recent decades' resurgence of bed bugs as a public health concern in industrialized countries has driven an increased interest on new sustainable insecticide-free methods to monitor and control these ectoparasites. Current methods of detection rely mainly on visual inspection or canine scent detection, which are methods that are time-consuming, require experience, are non-specific or require costly mission repetitions. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are considered an environmentally friendly alternative and a promising approach for bed bug detection. An overview of the released literature on VOCs, their chemical characteristics and their role in bed bugs' intra- and inter-species communications allowed us to highlight the identification of 49 VOCs in Cimex lectularius (23 molecules) and C. hemipterus (26), which are emitted by both sexes during diverse compartments including aggregation (46), mating (11), defense (4), etc., and all life stages including exuviae or dead bed bugs as a principal indicator of infestation. The latter has a great importance for application of these semiochemicals in successful detection and control management of bed bugs and to prevent their further dispersion. This approach has the advantage of more reliability compared to conventional detection methods with no need for repeated inspections, household furniture moving or resident rehousing for bed bugs' VOC detection, which are commonly performed by active or passive sampling with absorbing tubes and analyzed by gas chromatography-based analytical platforms" |
| Keywords: | Male Female Animals Dogs *Bedbugs *Volatile Organic Compounds Reproducibility of Results Pheromones/chemistry Odorants VOC detection bed bugs chemical ecology olfactory sensilla pheromones semiochemicals; |
| Notes: | "MedlineAkhoundi, Mohammad Chebbah, Dahlia Elissa, Nohal Brun, Sophie Jan, Julie Lacaze, Isabelle Izri, Arezki eng Review Switzerland 2023/03/30 Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Mar 22; 20(6):5214. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20065214" |
