Effects of malaria infection on mosquito olfaction and behavior: extrapolating data to the field

Current Opinion in Insect Science

Volumn 20, Issue , 2017, Pages 7-12

  Stanczyk, Nina M ^a   Mescher, Mark C ^a   De Moraes, Consuelo M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; HOST-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; IMMUNOLOGY; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; MOSQUITO VECTOR; ODOR; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; HOST-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MALARIA; MOSQUITO VECTORS; PLASMODIUM; SMELL;

EID: 85014808905     PISSN: 22145745     EISSN: 22145753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2017.02.002     Document Type: Review

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