Composition of human skin microbiota affects attractiveness to malaria mosquitoes.

Composition of human skin microbiota affects attractiveness to malaria mosquitoes.

The African malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto continues to play an important role in malaria transmission, which is aggravated by its high degree of anthropophily, making it among the foremost vectors of this disease. In the current study we set out to unravel the strong association b...

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Main Authors: Niels O Verhulst, Yu Tong Qiu, Hans Beijleveld, Chris Maliepaard, Dan Knights, Stefan Schulz, Donna Berg-Lyons, Christian L Lauber, Willem Verduijn, Geert W Haasnoot, Roland Mumm, Harro J Bouwmeester, Frans H J Claas, Marcel Dicke, Joop J A van Loon, Willem Takken, Rob Knight, Renate C Smallegange
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3247224?pdf=render

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