Age-related changes in female mosquito carbon dioxide detection

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 617-623

  Grant, Alan J ^a,b   O'Connell, Robert J ^c  

^a American Biophysics Corporation   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Attraction kairomone; Electrophysiology; Host seeking

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE RECEPTOR; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMORECEPTORS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 34447571981     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2007)44[617:ACIFMC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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