Composition of human skin microbiota affects attractiveness to malaria mosquitoes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Verhulst, Niels O ^a   Qiu, Yu Tong ^a   Beijleveld, Hans ^a   Maliepaard, Chris ^a   Knights, Dan ^b   Schulz, Stefan ^c   Berg Lyons, Donna ^d   Lauber, Christian L ^d   Verduijn, Willem ^e   Haasnoot, Geert W ^e   Mumm, Roland ^a,f   Bouwmeester, Harro J ^a   Claas, Frans H J ^e   Dicke, Marcel ^a   van Loon, Joop J A ^a   Takken, Willem ^a   Knight, Rob ^b,g   Smallegange, Renate C ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f CENTRE FOR BIOSYSTEMS GENOMICS   (Netherlands)

^g HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; ADULT; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL CUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; ODOR; RNA GENE; RNA SEQUENCE; SKIN FLORA; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; SKIN;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

RNA 16S;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SKIN;

EID: 84555205181     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028991     Document Type: Article

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