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Vector Host-seeking Behavior

Vector Host-Seeking Behavior is a behavioral ecological process in which hematophagous arthropods actively locate and approach potential vertebrate hosts for blood-feeding through the integration of sensory cues such as carbon dioxide, body heat, and odorants.

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2017–2026

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Vector Host Seeking Behavior

Parents

Publications

63

Malaria Infection Rate of Amazonian Primates Increases with Body Weight and Group Size

C. R. Daviews, J. M. Ayres, Christopher Dye et al. · Functional Ecology · 1991 · 173 citations

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Multiple Blood Feeding and Host-Seeking Behavior in <I>Aedes aegypti</I> and <I>Aedes albopictus</I> (Diptera: Culicidae)

Thahsin Farjana, Nobuko Tuno · Journal of Medical Entomology · 2013 · 153 citations · Full text

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Stage-specific manipulation of a mosquito's host-seeking behavior by the malaria parasite Plasmodium gallinaceum

Jacob C. Koella · Behavioral Ecology · 2002 · 145 citations

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Humoral inhibition of host-seeking in Aedes aegypti during oöcyte maturation

Marc J. Klowden, Arden O. Lea · Journal of Insect Physiology · 1979 · 144 citations

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Role of the Vector in Arbovirus Transmission

Michael J. Conway, Tonya M. Colpitts, Erol Fikrig · Annual Review of Virology · 2014 · 137 citations · Full text

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Authors

252

  1. WT
    Willem Takken

    Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

    6 publications · 352 citations

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  2. RI
    Rickard Ignell

    Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden

    5 publications · 302 citations

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  3. MJ
    Marc J. Klowden

    University of Idaho, United States

    5 publications · 348 citations

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  4. EE
    Edward E. Davis

    SRI International, United States

    4 publications · 238 citations

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  5. RC
    Renate C. Smallegange

    Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

    4 publications · 272 citations

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Institutions

125

  1. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    5 h-index

    29 publications

    1.9K citations

  2. University of Georgia

    Athens, United States

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    823 citations

  3. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    Uppsala, Sweden

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    506 citations

  4. Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

    Gorgan, Iran

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    155 citations

  5. University of Idaho

    Moscow, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    170 citations

  6. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    440 citations

  7. Rockefeller University

    New York, United States

    3 h-index

    14 publications

    843 citations

  8. SRI International

    Menlo Park, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    228 citations

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  1. Journal of Medical Entomology

    11 publications · 619 citations

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  2. Journal of Insect Physiology

    6 publications · 522 citations

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  3. PLoS ONE

    5 publications · 206 citations

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  4. Journal of Experimental Biology

    3 publications · 141 citations

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  5. PubMed

    Repository · 3 publications · 130 citations

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