Behavioural mode of action of deet: Inhibition of lactic acid attraction

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 97-100

  Dogan, E B ^a   Ayres, J W ^a   Rossignol, P A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Attraction inhibition; Deet; Lactic acid; Mosquito repellent; Olfactometer

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; INSECT REPELLENT; LACTIC ACID;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEET; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT REPELLENTS; LACTIC ACID; MOSQUITO CONTROL;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMALIA; INSECTA;

EID: 0033082495     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1999.00145.x     Document Type: Article

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