Differential responses of mosquito sibling species Anopheles arabiensis and An. quadriannulatus to carbon dioxide, a man or a calf

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 136-140

  Dekker, Teun ^a   Takken, Willem ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anopheles arabiensis; Anopheles quadriannulatus; Behaviour; C arbon dioxide; Host preference; Mosquito; Olfaction; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

BEHAVIOURAL RESPONSE; CARBON DIOXIDE; HOST PREFERENCE; MOSQUITO;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CATTLE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; ODOR;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATTLE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MOSQUITO CONTROL; SMELL;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES QUADRIANNULATUS; BOS TAURUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0032052742     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1998.00073.x     Document Type: Article

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