Re-introducing bacteria in mosquitoes-A method for determination of mosquito feeding preferences based on coloured sugar solutions

Acta Tropica

Volumn 99, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 173-183

  Lindh, J M ^a   Terenius, O ^a   Eriksson Gonzales, K ^a   Knols, B G J ^b   Faye, I ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aedes; Anopheles; Choice method; Paratransgenics; Semiochemicals; Sugar feeding

Indexed keywords

FOOD DYE; SUGAR;

BACTERIUM; DISEASE CONTROL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; MOSQUITO; PATHOGEN; SEMIOCHEMICAL; SUGAR;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MIDGUT; MOLECULE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; SMELLING; SUGAR INTAKE; TASTE; TOUCH; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; TRANSGENICS;

AEDES; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANOPHELES; COLOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS;

EID: 33750496238     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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