Common Host-Derived Chemicals Increase Catches of Disease-Transmitting Mosquitoes and Can Improve Early Warning Systems for Rift Valley Fever Virus

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Tchouassi, David P ^a,b   Sang, Rosemary ^a,c   Sole, Catherine L ^b   Bastos, Armanda D S ^b   Teal, Peter E A ^d   Borgemeister, Christian ^a   Torto, Baldwyn ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; CARBON DIOXIDE; HOST FACTOR;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DONKEY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GOAT; HUMAN; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; SHEEP; SKIN ODOR;

EID: 84873503644     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002007     Document Type: Article

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