Selection of biting sites on a human host by Anopheles gambiae s.s., An. arabiensis and An. quadriannulatus

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 295-300

  Dekker, Teun ^a   Takken, Willem ^a   Knols, Bart G J ^b   Bouman, Edwin ^a,c   Van De Laak, Stephan ^a   De Bever, Arjan ^a   Huisman, Piet W T ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

An. arabiensis; An. quadriannulatus; Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto; Biting behaviour; Convection current; Host odour; Human; Mosquito

Indexed keywords

BITING SITE; CONVECTION CURRENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; HOST ODOUR;

AFRICA;

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES QUADRIANNULATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0031871976     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1998.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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