L-lactic acid: A human-signifying host cue for the anthropophilic mosquito Anopheles gambiae

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 91-98

  Dekker, T ^a   Steib, B ^b   Carde R T ^a   Geier, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Anthropophily; Carbon dioxide; Cows; Host preference; Host selection; Humans; L lactic acid; Mosquito behaviour; Olfactometer; Skin odour

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; LACTIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; ODOR; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CARBON DIOXIDE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; ODORS; VERTEBRATES;

ATTRACTANT; HOST SELECTION; MOSQUITO; OLFACTORY CUE;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0036010089     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0269-283x.2002.00345.x     Document Type: Article

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