The role of proboscis of the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles stephensi in host-seeking behavior

BACKGROUND: The proboscis is an essential head appendage in insects that processes gustatory code during food intake, particularly useful considering that blood-sucking arthropods routinely reach vessels under the host skin using this proboscis as a probe. RESULTS: Here, using an automated device ab...

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Autores principales: Maekawa, Emi, Aonuma, Hiroka, Nelson, Bryce, Yoshimura, Aya, Tokunaga, Fumio, Fukumoto, Shinya, Kanuka, Hirotaka
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3041766/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21272298
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-4-10

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3041766/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21272298
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-4-10

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