A new Y-tube olfactometer for mosquitoes to measure the attractiveness of host odours

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-19

  Geier, Martin ^a   Boeckh, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Attractant; Carbon dioxide; Host odour; Host seeking behaviour; Lactic acid; Mosquito; Olfactometer

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; SIGMOIDEA;

EID: 0032829196     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1999.00519.x     Document Type: Article

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