Improvement of a synthetic lure for Anopheles gambiae using compounds produced by human skin microbiota

Malaria Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Verhulst, Niels O ^a   Mbadi, Phoebe A ^b   Kiss, Gabriella Bukovinszkiné ^a   Mukabana, Wolfgang R ^b,c   Van Loon, Joop J A ^a   Takken, Willem ^a   Smallegange, Renate C ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; ISOPENTYL ALCOHOL; LACTIC ACID; MYRISTIC ACID; PHENETHYL ALCOHOL; VOLATILE AGENT; INSECT ATTRACTANTS; PENTANOL; PHEROMONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KENYA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; OLFACTOMETRY; SKIN FLORA; YEAST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BACTERIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MYRISTIC ACID; PENTANOLS; PHENYLETHYL ALCOHOL; PHEROMONES; SKIN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79551686701     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-28     Document Type: Article

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