The role of proboscis of the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles stephensi in host-seeking behavior

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Maekawa, Emi ^a,b   Aonuma, Hiroka ^a,c   Nelson, Bryce ^a,d   Yoshimura, Aya ^a   Tokunaga, Fumio ^b   Fukumoto, Shinya ^a   Kanuka, Hirotaka ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL A1;

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ANTENNA (ORGAN); ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HOST SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; MOSQUITO; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PROBOSCIS; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; FEMALE; MALE; THERMOSENSING;

EID: 79251564750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-4-10     Document Type: Article

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