Alcohol ingestion stimulates mosquito attraction

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 91-96

  Shirai, Yoshikazu ^a   Tsuda, Takao ^b   Kitagawa, Shinya ^b   Naitoh, Ken ^b   Seki, Taisuke ^c   Kamimura, Kiyoshi ^a   Morohashi, Masaaki ^a  

^a TOYAMA MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Seki Dermatological Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Ethanol ingestion; Landing; Mosquito attraction; Sweat

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS;

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEER; CHEMISTRY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEAT; SWEATING;

ADULT; AEDES; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; BEER; CULICIDAE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEAT; SWEATING;

EID: 0036595503     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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