Host preferences of various strains of Aedes aegypti and A. simpsoni as determined by an olfactometer.
The author describes and illustrates a new type of olfactometer that can be used to determine the host preference of different strains of Stegomyia mosquitos. Experiments with human and animal hosts in Tanzania showed that dark strains of A. aegypti are much less anthropophilic than light strains.
D000330:Aedes; D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006801:Humans; D051381:Rats; D012903:Smell; D013045:Species Specificity