Olfaction in mosquito-host interactions

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Corporate Authors: Symposium on Olfaction in Mosquito-Host Interactions London, England); World Health Organization.; Ciba Foundation.
Group Author: Bock, Gregory.; Cardew, Gail.
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Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Series: Ciba Foundation symposium ; 200
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Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470514948
Item Description: "Symposium on Olfaction in Mosquito-Host Interactions, held in collaboration with the World Health Organization at the Ciba Foundation, London, 31 Oct.-2 Nov. 1995"--Contents.
Editors: Gregory R. Bock and Gail Cardew.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (x, 331 p.) : ill., maps.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN: 9780470514955 (electronic bk.)
0470514957 (electronic bk.)
9780470514948
0470514949
Index Number: RA640
CLC: R184.31
Contents: An overview of mosquito biology, behaviour and importance / C.F. Curtis -- Vector insects and their control / M.J. Lehane -- Genetics, ecology and behaviour of anophelines / Gabriella Gibson -- Olfactory control of mosquito behaviour / Edward E. Davis -- Odour plumes and odour-mediated flight in insects / Ring T. Cardé -- Olfactory basis of host location by mosquitoes and other haematophagous Diptera / Alan Cork -- Selection of biting sites by mosquitoes / Ruurd de Jong and Bart G.J. Knols -- The role of mosquito olfaction in oviposition site location and in the avoidance of unsuitable hosts / John A. Pickett and Christine M. Woodcock -- Odours for host-finding mosquitoes / Carlo Costantini -- A search for components in human body odour that attract females of Aedes aegypti / Martin Geier, Hinrich Sass and Jürgen Boeckh -- Coding mechanisms in insect olfaction / Hanna Mustaparta -- Structure and function of insect olfactory sensilla / Rudolf Alexander Steinbrecht -- Central olfactory pathways in mosquitoes and other insects / Sylvia Anton -- Sensory aspects of host location in mosquitoes / M.F. Bowen -- Endogenous factors regulating mosquito host-seeking behaviour / Marc J. Klowden -- Electrophysiological responses from receptor neurons in mosquito maxillary palp sensilla / Alan J. Grant and Robert J. O'Connell -- Responses of antennal olfactory receptors in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti to human body odours / Barbara Pappenberger, Martin Geier and Jürgen Boeckh -- The multiple role of the pheromone-binding protein in olfactory transduction / Gunde Ziegelberger -- Genetic and molecular studies of olfaction in Drosophila / Daria S. Hekmat-Scafe and John R. Carlson -- Synthesis and future challenges : the response of mosquitoes to host odours / Willem Takken.