Do haematophagous bugs assess skin surface temperature to detect blood vessels?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Ferreira, Raquel A ^a   Lazzari, Claudio R ^b   Lorenzo, Marcelo G ^a   Pereira, Marcos H ^c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT BITE; NONHUMAN; RHODNIUS; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SUCKING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ANIMAL; BLOOD VESSEL; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; TEMPERATURE; THERMORECEPTOR;

HEXAPODA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; RABBITS; RHODNIUS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE; THERMORECEPTORS;

EID: 41449091542     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000932     Document Type: Article

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