Are Vectors Able to Learn about their Hosts? A Case Study with Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 665-672

  Alonso, Wladimir J ^a   Wyatt, Tristram D ^a   Kelly, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Insect vectors; Learning

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC SHOCK; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LABORATORY TEST; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTOMETER; PARASITE VECTOR; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; VIBRATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; AEDES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STIMULATION;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CITRONELLA; INSECTA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0142228221     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762003000500014     Document Type: Article

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