Development and Field Evaluation of a Synthetic Mosquito Lure That Is More Attractive than Humans

BACKGROUND: Disease transmitting mosquitoes locate humans and other blood hosts by identifying their characteristic odor profiles. Using their olfactory organs, the mosquitoes detect compounds present in human breath, sweat and skins, and use these as cues to locate and obtain blood from the humans....

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Autores principales: Okumu, Fredros O., Killeen, Gerry F., Ogoma, Sheila, Biswaro, Lubandwa, Smallegange, Renate C., Mbeyela, Edgar, Titus, Emmanuel, Munk, Cristina, Ngonyani, Hassan, Takken, Willem, Mshinda, Hassan, Mukabana, Wolfgang R., Moore, Sarah J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2812511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20126628
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008951

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2812511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20126628
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008951

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