Chemical analysis of human skin emanations: comparison of volatiles from humans that differ in attraction of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 186-195

  Bernier, Ulrich R ^a,b   Kline, Daniel L ^b   Schreck, Carl E ^b   Yost, Richard A ^a   Barnard, Donald R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Attractants; Human emanations; Kairomones; Mosquitoes

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

GLYCEROL; KETONE; LACTIC ACID; SQUALENE;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; ODOR; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN;

AEDES; ANIMALS; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; KETONES; LACTIC ACID; ODORS; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SQUALENE;

EID: 0036719661     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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