Synthetic sex-aggregation pheromone of Lutzomyia longipalpis, the South American sand fly vector of Leishmania infantum, attracts males and females over long-distance

• Mikel A. González,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Animal Health, NEIKER-Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Derio, Biscay, Spain.

  Affiliation Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancashire, United Kingdom

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• Melissa Bell,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancashire, United Kingdom

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• Cristian F. Souza,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratório Doenças Parasitárias, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz—Fiocruz, Pavilhão Arthur Neiva, Av. Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

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• Rafael Maciel-de-Freitas,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratório de Mosquitos Transmissores de Hematozoários, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Pavilhão Carlos Chagas, Av. Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2198-6492

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• Reginaldo P. Brazil,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratório Doenças Parasitárias, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz—Fiocruz, Pavilhão Arthur Neiva, Av. Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

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• Orin Courtenay,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Zeeman Institute and School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

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• James G. C. Hamilton

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: j.g.hamilton@lancaster.ac.uk

  Affiliation Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancashire, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9196-8516

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