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Differential Attraction of Malaria Mosquitoes to Volatile Blends Produced by Human Skin Bacteria

The malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto is mainly guided by human odour components to find its blood host. Skin bacteria play an important role in the production of human body odour and when grown in vitro, skin bacteria produce volatiles that are attractive to A. gambiae. The role of s...

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Autores principales: Verhulst, Niels O., Andriessen, Rob, Groenhagen, Ulrike, Bukovinszkiné Kiss, Gabriella, Schulz, Stefan, Takken, Willem, van Loon, Joop J. A., Schraa, Gosse, Smallegange, Renate C.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3012726/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21209854
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015829