Microbial growth enhances the attractiveness of human sweat for the malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto (Diptera: Culicidae)

Chemoecology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 129-134

  Braks, Marieta A H ^a,b   Scholte, Ernst Jan ^a,c   Takken, Willem ^a   Dekker, Teun ^a,d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Centro Agricoltura Ambiente   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles gainbiae s.s.; Attraction human sweat; Host seeking behaviour; Malaria mosquito; Microbial growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342580096     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00001814     Document Type: Article

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