Differences between human individuals in their attractiveness to female mosquitoes have
been reported repeatedly, but the underlying mechanisms are not well understood. Skin …

Background Many studies have suggested that variability in the attractiveness of humans to
host-seeking mosquitoes is caused by differences in the make-up of body emanations, and …

Many species of disease‐vector mosquitoes display vertebrate host specificity. Despite
considerable progress in recent years in understanding the proximate and ultimate factors …

Mosquitoes display biting preferences among different sites of the human body. In addition
to height or convection currents, body odour may play a role in the selection of these biting …

During experimental hut trials to assess the efficacy of insecticide-treated bednets against
malaria mosquitoes, we observed that human subjects varied consistently in their …

Females of the African malaria vector, Anopheles gambiae Giles sensu stricto, use human
volatiles to find their blood-host. Previous work has shown that ammonia, lactic acid, and …

A dual port olfactometer was used to study the response of Anopheles gambiaeGiles sensu
stricto to odours of human and animal origin. Human odour consisted of human skin …

The role of relative humidity (RH) in the host-seeking behaviour of female Anopheles
gambiae ss (Diptera: Culicidae) was investigated in a wind-tunnel. Mosquitoes were …

Host‐seeking behaviour of the anthropophilic malaria vector Anopheles gambiae sensu
stricto (Diptera: Culicidae) is mediated predominantly by olfactory cues. Several hundreds of …

Behavioural and electrophysiological responses of Anopheles gambiae Giles sensu stricto
(Diptera: Culicidae) to human skin emanations collected on glass beads were studied using …