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An apparatus has been assembled which permits storage and injection, at the same flow rate, of air containing human emanations into one port and air containing no emanations into the other port of a dual-port olfactometer, while monitoring the two flows for differences in temperature, relative humidity, and carbon dioxide level. Results of bioassays so conducted have led us to conclude that female mosquitoes (Anopheles quadrimaculatus Say) are attracted in significant numbers primarily by chemical emanations other than carbon dioxide and water.
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Diptera: Culicidae.
The research reported in this manuscript was conducted in part with contract funds transferred from the Medical Research and Development Command, Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Army. Mention of a commercial or proprietary product in this paper does not constitute an endorsement of this product by the USDA.
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Price, G.D., Smith, N. & Carlson, D.A. The attraction of female mosquitoes (Anopheles quadrimaculatus Say) to stored human emanations in conjunction with adjusted levels of relative humidity, temperature, and carbon dioxide. J Chem Ecol 5, 383–395 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00987924
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