Sweaty skin: An invitation to bite?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 143-148

  Smallegange, Renate C ^a   Verhulst, Niels O ^a   Takken, Willem ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; APOCRINE GLAND; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; HOST SELECTION; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; MAMMAL; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; ODOR; REVIEW; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SWEAT GLAND; SWEAT GLAND FUNCTION; SWEATING;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; ODORS; PHEROMONES; SKIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWEAT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79953040134     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2010.12.009     Document Type: Review

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