Olfactory and behavioural responses of the blood-sucking bug Triatoma infestans to odours of vertebrate hosts

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 585-597

  Guerenstein, P G ^a   Guerin, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Insect vector; Odour; Olfaction; Olfactory receptor; Rhodnius prolixus; Triatoma infestans; Triatominae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; TRIATOMA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SMELL; TRIATOMA;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; INSECTA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRIATOMINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035107423     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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