Patterns of sugar feeding and host plant preferences in adult males of An. gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 267-276

  Gouagna, Louis Clément ^a,b   Poueme, Rodrigue S ^b   Dabiré, Kounbobr Roch ^b,c   Ouédraogo, Jean Bosco ^b   Fontenille, Didier ^a   Simard, Frédéric ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

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

^c CENTRE MURAZ   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Burkina Faso; Flowering plants; Males; Olfactometer; Sugar feeding

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BURKINA FASO; CARBOHYDRATES; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; PLANTS;

ANACARDIACEAE; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; APOCYNACEAE; CASSIA SIEBERIANA; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; FABACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MANGIFERA INDICA; SENNA SIAMEA; THEVETIA PERUVIANA;

EID: 78751539993     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: 19487134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2010.00082.x     Document Type: Article

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