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Host preferences of various strains of Aedes aegypti and A. simpsoni as determined by an olfactometer.

Year: 1972

Type: article

Abstract: The author describes and illustrates a new type of olfactometer that can be used to determine the host preference of different strains of Stegomyia mosquitos. Experiments with human and animal hosts in Tanzania showed that dark strains of A. aegypti are much less anthropophilic than light strains.

Source: Europe PMC (PubMed Central)

Author: H K Gouck

Language: English

Topic: Mosquito-borne diseases and control

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1025628470

FWCI: 2.568

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Cited by: 46

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