Odour-mediated host preference of Culex quinquefasciatus in Tanzania

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-88

  Mboera, L E G ^a   Takken, W ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calf; Carbon dioxide; Culex quinquefasciatus; Culicidae; Goat; Host odour; Host preference; Human; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

HOST PREFERENCE; MOSQUITO; OLFACTORY CUE;

TANZANIA;

CAPRA HIRCUS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032876631     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1999.00527.x     Document Type: Article

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