Human sweat and 2-oxopentanoic acid elicit a landing response from Anopheles gambiae

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 195-200

  Healy, T P ^a   Copland, M J W ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2 oxopentanoic acid; Anopheles gambiae; Carboxylic acids; Human sweat; Lactic acid; Landing behaviour; Mosquito; Video recorder; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

2 KETOPENTANOIC ACID; 2-KETOPENTANOIC ACID; OXOACID; VALERIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; SWEAT;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; KETO ACIDS; PENTANOIC ACIDS; SWEAT; VALERATES;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0034044752     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2000.00238.x     Document Type: Article

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