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Attractiveness of volatiles from different body parts to the malaria mosquito Anopheles coluzzii is affected by deodorant compounds

Mosquitoes display biting preferences among different sites of the human body. In addition to height or convection currents, body odour may play a role in the selection of these biting sites. Previous studies have shown that skin emanations are important host-finding cues for mosquitoes. In this stu...

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Autores principales: Verhulst, Niels O., Weldegergis, Berhane T., Menger, David, Takken, Willem
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4890431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27251017
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep27141