Differential attractiveness of isolated humans to mosquitoes in Tanzania

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 604-606

  Knols, Bart G J ^a   Jong, Ruurd De ^a   Takken, Willem ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anopheles funestus; Anopheles gambiae S.L.; Attractiveness of humans; Culex quinquefasciatus; Mansonia spp; Mosquitoes; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CULEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALARIA; MALE; MOSQUITO; TANZANIA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CULEX; CULICIDAE; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALE; ODORS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY;

ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; MANSONIA;

EID: 0029588721     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(95)90406-9     Document Type: Article

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