Electrophysiological investigation of larval water and potential oviposition chemo-attractants for Anopheles gambiae s.s.

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 389-398

  Blackwell, A ^a,b   Johnson, S N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOATTRACTANT;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; WATER SAMPLING;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0034084816     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.2000.11813554     Document Type: Article

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