Towards a fuller understanding of mosquito behaviour: Use of electrocuting grids to compare the odour-orientated responses of Anopheles arabiensis and An. quadriannulatus in the field

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-108

  Torr, S J ^a   Della Torre, A ^b   Calzetta, M ^b   Costantini, C ^c,d   Vale, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Anopheles arabiensis; Anopheles quadriannulatus; Anthropophilic; Electric nets; Feeding behaviour; Host odours; Malaria vector; Zimbabwe; Zoophilic

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

BAIT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CATTLE; DISEASE VECTOR; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; ODOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATTLE; CULICIDAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; ODORS; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZIMBABWE;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES QUADRIANNULATUS; BOS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 44349094266     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2008.00723.x     Document Type: Article

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