Attraction of Lutzomyia longipalpis to synthetic sex-aggregation pheromone: Effect of release rate and proximity of adjacent pheromone sources.

• Glavni autori: Melissa J Bell (Autor), Luigi Sedda (Autor), Mikel A Gonzalez (Autor), Cristian F de Souza (Autor), Erin Dilger (Autor), Reginaldo P Brazil (Autor), Orin Courtenay (Autor), James G C Hamilton (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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In South America, the Protist parasite that causes visceral leishmaniasis, a potentially fatal human disease, is transmitted by blood-feeding female Lutzomyia longipalpis sand flies. A synthetic copy of the male produced sex-aggregation pheromone offers new opportunities for vector control applicati...