Identification of human-derived volatile chemicals that interfere with attraction of the scottish biting midge and their potential use as repellents

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 208-219

  Logan, James G ^a   Seal, Nicola J ^b   Cook, James I ^a   Stanczyk, Nina M ^a   Birkett, Michael A ^a   Clark, Suzanne J ^a   Gezan, Salvador A ^a   Wadhams, Lester J ^a   Pickett, John A ^a   Mordue, A Jennifer ^b  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical ecology; Culicoides; Midge; Repellent; Semiochemical

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; AIR; ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; ODOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AIR; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CERATOPOGONIDAE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; INSECT REPELLENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODORS; SCOTLAND; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; YOUNG ADULT;

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES IMPUNCTATUS; DIPTERA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 63749117561     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0205     Document Type: Article

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