Allomonal effect of breath contributes to differential attractiveness of humans to the African malaria vector Anopheles gambiae

Malaria Journal

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-8

  Mukabana, Wolfgang R ^a,b,c   Takken, Willem ^c   Killeen, Gerry F ^d,e   Knols, Bart G J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^f INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BODY ODOR; BREATHING; CARBON DIOXIDE BREATHING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALARIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTOMETER;

EID: 2642583356     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-3-1     Document Type: Article

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