Ammonia as an attractive component of host odour for the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti

Chemical Senses

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 647-653

  Geier, Martin ^a   Bosch, Oliver J ^a   Boeckh, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; LACTIC ACID;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; OLFACTOMETER; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SWEAT; YELLOW FEVER;

EID: 0032742792     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/24.6.647     Document Type: Article

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