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Towards a fuller understanding of mosquito behaviour: use of electrocuting grids to compare the odour-orientated responses of Anopheles arabiensis and An. quadriannulatus in the field

  1. S. J. TORR*,
  2. A. DELLA TORRE,
  3. M. CALZETTA,
  4. C. COSTANTINI,
  5. G. A. VALE

Article first published online: 22 MAY 2008

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2008.00723.x

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Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volume 22, Issue 2, pages 93–108, June 2008

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TORR, S. J., DELLA TORRE, A., CALZETTA, M., COSTANTINI, C. and VALE, G. A. (2008), Towards a fuller understanding of mosquito behaviour: use of electrocuting grids to compare the odour-orientated responses of Anopheles arabiensis and An. quadriannulatus in the field. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 22: 93–108. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2008.00723.x

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  1. 1 Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham, Kent, U.K., 2 Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti e Dipartimento di Scienze di Sanità Pubblica, Università di Roma ‘La Sapienza’, Rome, Italy, 3Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso and 4Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

*Steve J. Torr, Natural Resources Institute, Central Avenue, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TB, U.K. Tel.: + 44 1634 883304; Fax: + 44 1634 883379; E-mail: s.torr@greenwich.ac.uk

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  1. Issue published online: 22 MAY 2008
  2. Article first published online: 22 MAY 2008
  3. Accepted 14 February 2008

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