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Allomonal effect of breath contributes to differential attractiveness of humans to the African malaria vector Anopheles gambiae

BACKGROUND: Removal of exhaled air from total body emanations or artificially standardising carbon dioxide (CO(2)) outputs has previously been shown to eliminate differential attractiveness of humans to certain blackfly (Simuliidae) and mosquito (Culicidae) species. Whether or not breath contributes...

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Autores principales: Mukabana, Wolfgang R, Takken, Willem, Killeen, Gerry F, Knols, Bart GJ
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC343289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14748930
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-3-1