Identification and composition of cuticular hydrocarbons of the major Afrotropical malaria vector Anopheles gambiae s.s. (Diptera: Culicidae): Analysis of sexual dimorphism and age-related changes

Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1595-1604

  Caputo, Beniamino ^a   Dani, Franceses R ^b   Horne, Gill L ^c   Petrarca, Vincenzo ^a   Turillazzi, Stefane ^b   Coluzzi, Mario ^a   Priestman, Angela A ^c   Della Torre, Alessandra ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age grading; Anopheles gambiae; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Malaria; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

DERMATOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISKS; MALARIA CONTROL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TROPICS;

AGE-GRADING; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CUTICULAR HYDROCARBONS; MALARIA; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

HYDROCARBONS;

HYDROCARBON;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROL SYSTEM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALARIA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; VECTOR CONTROL;

AGING; ALKANES; ALKENES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS; LIPIDS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 30044434095     PISSN: 10765174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jms.961     Document Type: Conference Paper

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