The response of the malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae, to two components of human sweat, ammonia and L-lactic acid, in an olfactometer

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 142-148

  Braks, M A H ^a,b   Meijerink, J ^a,c   Takken, W ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Anopheles gambiae s.s.; Host seeking behaviour; Human sweat; Lactic acid

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; HOST LOCATION; KAIROMONE; MOSQUITO; OLFACTION;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0034960237     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.2001.00227.x     Document Type: Article

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