Differential Attractiveness Of Humans to the African Malaria Vector Anopheles Gambiae Giles Effects of Host Characteristics and Parasite Infection

Wolfgang, Richard Mukabana

dc.contributor.author	Wolfgang, Richard Mukabana
dc.date.accessioned	2017-08-25T11:02:21Z
dc.date.available	2017-08-25T11:02:21Z
dc.date.issued	2002
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/312
dc.description	PhD Thesis	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Knowledge on host selection and blood uptake among humans by female mosquitoes is an important element in predicting the transmission dynamics of malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases. In this thesis, molecular-genetic and chemical-ecological tools are used to unravel the principal factors that cause differential attractiveness of humans to mosquitoes. Studies of how host characteristics, particularly olfactory and physical stimuli, but also infection with the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, affect the attractiveness of humans to the African malaria vector Anopheles gambiae are presented.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Dissertation Research Internship Programme (DRIP)	en_US
dc.publisher	Wageningen University	en_US
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/	*
dc.subject	Anopheles Gambiae	en_US
dc.subject	Giles	en_US
dc.title	Differential Attractiveness Of Humans to the African Malaria Vector Anopheles Gambiae Giles Effects of Host Characteristics and Parasite Infection	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US