The sensilla of Aedes and Anopheles mosquitoes and their importance in repellency

Parasitology Research

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 491-499

  Amer, Abdelkrim ^a   Mehlhorn, Heinz ^b  

^a OMAR AL MUKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CATNIP; INSECT REPELLENT; MACROGOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL; WATER;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ANTENNA; ARM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSECT BITE; LITSEA CUBEBA; MALE; MAXILLA; MELALEUCA LEUCADENDRON; MELALEUCA QUINQUENERVIA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION; VIOLA ODORATA; VOLUNTEER;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT REPELLENTS; PIPERIDINES; PLANT OILS; SENSE ORGANS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES (GENUS); ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; LITSEA CUBEBA; MELALEUCA QUINQUENERVIA; NEPETA CATARIA; VIOLA ODORATA;

EID: 33748885072     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0185-0     Document Type: Article

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