Molasses as a source of carbon dioxide for attracting the malaria mosquitoes Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles funestus

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mweresa, Collins K ^a,b   Omusula, Philemon ^a   Otieno, Bruno ^a   Van Loon, Joop J A ^b   Takken, Willem ^b   Mukabana, Wolfgang R ^a,c  

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

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Anopheles funestus; Anopheles gambiae; Attraction; Behaviour; Carbon dioxide; Malaria; Molasses; Mosquitoes; Sucrose; Sugar

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; ISOPENTYL ALCOHOL; LACTIC ACID; MOLASSES; MYRISTIC ACID; SUCROSE; CARBOHYDRATE; INSECT ATTRACTANTS; PHEROMONE;

ADULT; ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX; FEMALE; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HUMAN; KENYA; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE; YEAST; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; CHEMISTRY; CYTOSOL; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYTOSOL; INSECT VECTORS; KENYA; MOLASSES; PHEROMONES; YEASTS;

EID: 84900857386     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-160     Document Type: Article

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