Behavioural response of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae to host plant volatiles and synthetic blends

BACKGROUND: Sugar feeding is critical for survival of malaria vectors and, although discriminative plant feeding previously has been shown to occur in Anopheles gambiae s.s., little is known about the cues mediating attraction to these plants. In this study, we investigated the role of olfaction in...

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Autores principales: Nyasembe, Vincent O, Teal, Peter EA, Mukabana, Wolfgang R, Tumlinson, James H, Torto, Baldwyn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3523964/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23069316
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-5-234

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3523964/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23069316
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-5-234

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