Yeast culture volatiles as attractants for Rhodnius prolixus: Electroantennogram responses and captures in yeast-baited traps

Acta Tropica

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 119-124

  Lorenzo, M G ^a   Manrique, G ^a   Pires, H H R ^b   De Brito Sanchez M G ^a   Diotaiuti, L ^b   Lazzari, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Baits; Chagas disease; Electroantennograms; Rhodnius prolixus; Yeast traps

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEMIPTERA; NONHUMAN; VECTOR CONTROL; YEAST;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; RHODNIUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032952301     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(98)00093-X     Document Type: Article

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