Contribution of fatty acids to olfactory host finding of female Aedes aegypti

Chemical Senses

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 323-330

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FATTY ACID; LACTIC ACID;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOST; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTOMETER; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034040037     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.chemse.a014042     Document Type: Article

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