Why do mosquitoes "choose" to bite some people more than others?

Outlooks on Pest Management

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 280-283

  Logan, James G ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical ecology; Differential attraction; Mosquito; Olfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 59949090209     PISSN: 17431026     EISSN: 17431034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1564/19dec14     Document Type: Short Survey

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