Volatile compounds emitted by Triatoma dimidiata, a vector of Chagas disease: Chemical analysis and behavioural evaluation

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 165-174

  May Concha, I ^a   Rojas, J C ^b   Cruz Lopez L ^b   Millar, J G ^c   Ramsey, J M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Metasternal glands; Sexual communication; Triatoma dimidiata

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CHAGAS DISEASE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONSPECIFIC; FEMALE; INSECT; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; EXOCRINE GLAND; FEMALE; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMELLING; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; TRIATOMA;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MALE; MEXICO; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; TRIATOMA; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

HEMIPTERA; REDUVIIDAE; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA DIMIDIATA;

EID: 84876951910     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2012.01056.x     Document Type: Article

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