Olfaction in Mosquito-Host Interactions

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This new work contains the first integrated discussion of the role of olfaction in mosquito-host interactions. It covers the practical applications of this knowledge in attempting to control malaria as a problem for world health. The volume begins with a general overview of mosquito life cycle styles and how odour-mediated host location fits into the repertoire of behaviours that a specific species may exhibit. Certain aspects of insect olfaction and its underlying physiological mechanisms are …

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Full title :Olfaction in Mosquito-Host Interactions.

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Publication Date:1996.

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Publisher(s):John Wiley & Sons
Place of Publication:Chichester
Language:eng
Publication Date:1996.

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Description:1 online resource (344 pages).

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ISBN:9780470514955, 0470514957, 1282347985, 9781282347984, 0471963623, 9780471963622
oclc:ocn609849526
LC Classification:RA640.O44
Dewey Decimal:614.4323

OLFACTION IN MOSQUITO-HOST INTERACTIONS; Contents; Participants; Preface; Chairman's introduction; Introduction I: an overview of mosquito biology, behaviour and importance; Vector insects and their control; Genetics, ecology and behaviour of anophelines; General discussion I; Introduction II: olfactory control of mosquito behaviour; Odour plumes and odour-mediated flight in insects; Olfactory basis of host location by mosquitoes and other haematophagous Diptera; Selection of biting sites by mosquitoes; General discussion II.

The role of mosquito olfaction in oviposition site location and in the avoidance of unsuitable hostsIntroduction Ill: odours for host-finding mosquitoes; A search for components in human body odour that attract females of Aedes aegypti; Introduction IV: coding mechanisms in insect olfaction; Structure and function of insect of insect olfactory sensilla; General discussion Ill; Central olfactory pathways in mosquitoes and other insects; Sensory aspects of host location in mosquitoes.

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