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Effects of bed net use, female size, and plant abundance on the first meal choice (blood vs sugar) of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to determine whether the sugar-or-blood meal choice of Anopheles gambiae females one day after emergence is influenced by blood-host presence and accessibility, nectariferous plant abundance, and female size. This tested the hypothesis that the initial meal...

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Autores principales: Stone, Chris M, Jackson, Bryan T, Foster, Woodbridge A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3283515/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22217265
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-11-3