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Elevation of dopamine level reduces host-seeking activity in the adult female mosquito Aedes albopictus

BACKGROUND: Mosquito-borne viruses are transmitted to human hosts via blood-feeding behavior of female mosquitoes. Female mosquitoes seek a host to take blood meals (host-seeking behavior). In order to prevent virus infections, it is important to understand how they modulate host-seeking behavior. D...

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Autores principales: Fukumitsu, Yuki, Irie, Keiichi, Satho, Tomomitsu, Aonuma, Hitoshi, Dieng, Hamady, Ahmad, Abu Hassan, Nakashima, Yukihiko, Mishima, Kenichi, Kashige, Nobuhiro, Miake, Fumio
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/PMC3433307/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22574823
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-5-92