Discovery of an oviposition attractant for gravid malaria vectors of the Anopheles gambiae species complex

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Lindh, Jenny M ^a   Okal, Michael N ^b,c   Herrera Varela, Manuela ^b,c   Borg Karlson, Anna Karin ^a   Torto, Baldwyn ^c   Lindsay, Steven W ^d   Fillinger, Ulrike ^b,c  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae s.l; Attract and kill; Attractant; Cedrol; Malaria; Oviposition behaviour

Indexed keywords

CEDROL; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; LAKE WATER; SESQUITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INSECT ATTRACTANTS; PHEROMONE; TERPENE;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; HABITAT; INFUSION; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MALARIA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREGNANCY; WATER SAMPLING; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; INSECT VECTOR; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KENYA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INSECT VECTORS; KENYA; OVIPOSITION; PHEROMONES; TERPENES;

EID: 84928040303     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0636-0     Document Type: Article

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