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Enhanced blood feeding of Anopheles mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) through membranes with applied host odour

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

M.H. Andreasen*
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
A. Birtles
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, Manchester University, Stopford Building – 2.205, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
C.F. Curtis
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
R.J. Wood
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, Manchester University, Stopford Building – 2.205, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
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*Present address: Department of Zoology, Tinbergen Building, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK Fax: +44 (0)1865 281317 E-mail: morten.andreasen@zoo.ox.ac.uk

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Short Communication
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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