Olfactory Responses of Female Culex quinquefasciatus Say (Diptera: Culicidae) in a Dual-Choice Olfactometer

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 107-113

  Mboera, L E G ^a,b   Knols, B G J ^a,c   Takken, W ^a   Huisman, P W T ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

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

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Culex quinquefasciatus; Host seeking behavior; Human skin emanations; Olfactometer

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CULEX; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; ODORS; SMELL;

EID: 0032252950     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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