Electric nets for studying odour-mediated host-seeking behaviour of mosquitoes

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 116-120

  Knols, Bart G J ^a,d   Mboera, Leonard E G ^b   Takken, Willem ^c  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Electric nets; Flight behaviour; Human breath; Kairomones; Mosquito sampling

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ODOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HOMING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; ODORS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SAMPLING STUDIES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031882378     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1998.00087.x     Document Type: Article

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