Interindividual variation in the attractiveness of human odours to the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae s. s.

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 280-287

  Qiu, Y T ^a   Smallegange, R C ^a   Van Loon, J J A ^a   Ter Braak, C J F ^a   Takken, W ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Electroantennogram; Host seeking behaviour; Human odours; Malaria mosquito; Olfaction

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DISEASE VECTOR; HOST LOCATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; ODOR; OLFACTION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODORS;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 33751108135     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2006.00627.x     Document Type: Article

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