Host-specific cues cause differential attractiveness of Kenyan men to the African malaria vector Anopheles gambiae

Malaria Journal

Volumn 1, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-8

  Mukabana, Wolfgang R ^a,b,c   Takken, Willem ^c   Coe, Richard ^d   Knols, Bart G J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

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

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRAGRANCE;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BED NET; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHEMICAL CUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KENYA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTOMETER; PARASITE VECTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 3242722265     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-1-1     Document Type: Article

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