Publications of the team behind the BG-Sentinel mosquito trap.

Kröckel U., Rose A., Eiras Á.E. & Geier M. (2006) New tools for surveillance of adult yellow fever mosquitoes: Comparison of trap catches with human landing rates in an urban environment. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 22: 229-238. (abstract) - Please contact BioGents if you want to receive a copy of this paper.
Molnar Th. (2006) Comparative studies of two trapping systems for mosquito surveillance in Bavaria, Germany. Vector Ecology Newsletter 37 (3): 10-11. (638 kb)
Obermayr R. (2006) Are new trapping technologies useful for mosquito control interventions? Vector Ecology Newsletter 37 (3): 11-12. (494 kb)
Geier M., Rose A., Gunewald J. & Jones O. (2006) New mosquito traps improve the monitoring of disease vectors. International Pest Control 48, 124-126. (285 kb)
Rose A., Kröckel U., Bergbauer R., Geier M. & Eiras Á.E. (2006) Der BG-Sentinel, eine neuartige Stechmückenfalle für Forschung und Überwachung. (The BG-Sentinel, a novel mosquito trap for research and surveillance.) Mitteilungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für allgemeine und angewandte Entomologie 15, 345-348. (The abstract is in English.) (120 kb)
Dekker T., Geier M. & Cardé R.T. (2005) Carbon dioxide instantly sensitizes female yellow fever mosquitoes to human skin odours. The Journal of Experimental Biology 208, 2963-2972.
Geier M., Rose A. & Eiras Á.E. (2004) Attractive host odours for mosquitoes: the blend ratio makes the difference. XXII International Congress of Entomology, Brisbane, Australia. (abstract)
Geier M., Rose A., Baptista C., Richie S.A., Kröckel U. & Eiras Á.E. (2004) Specific monitoring tools for anthropohilic mosquitoes. XXII International Congress of Entomology, Brisbane, Australia. (abstract)
Eiras Á.E., Silva I.M., Roque R.A., Matosinhos I.M. & Geier M. (2004) Behavioural responses of gravid Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) to synthetic oviposition attractants identified from grass infusions volatiles. XXII International Congress of Entomology, Brisbane, Australia. (abstract)
Eiras Á.E., Silva I.M., Costa C.F., Antonacci R.G., Silva E.M., Rose A. & Geier M. (2004) Monitoring the mosquito Aedes aegypti: A novel surveillance method and new entomological indices using the gravid trap MosquiTRAP® and a synthetic oviposition attractant AtrAedes®. XXII International Congress of Entomology, Brisbane, Australia. (abstract)
Rose A. & Geier M. (2004) Why it can be useful to attract the enemy: leading mosquitoes around by the nose. In: Fürst W. & Bauernschmitt J. (eds.) Biotechnology in Bavaria. Media Mind, Munich. 64 - 68. (145 kb)
Geier M., Rose A. & Eiras Á.E. (2004) A new lure for host-seeking anthropophilic mosquitoes and a novel type of a simple, non-CO2 mosquito trap. International Journal of Medical Microbiology 293, Suppl. 38, 50.
Eiras Á.E., Rose A. & Geier M.(2004) New tools for monitoring gravid females of the mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae), vectors of Dengue and other arboviral diseases. International Journal of Medical Microbiology 293, Suppl. 38, 51-52.
Eiras Á.E., Geier M. & Rose A. (2004) MosquiTRAP & AtrAedes: New tools for monitoring gravid females of Aedes aegypti & Aedes albopictus. The Abstract Book, 70th Annual Meeting of the American Mosquito Control Association. 40.
Rose A., Eiras Á.E. & Geier M. (2004) New attractants for host-finding mosquitoes & innovative designs for non-CO2 traps. The Abstract Book, 70th Annual Meeting of the American Mosquito Control Association. 41.
Geier M., Bosch O., Steib B., Rose A. & Boeckh J. (2002) Odour-guided host finding of mosquitoes: identification of new attractants on human skin. In: Jones S.C., Zhai J. & Robinson W.H. (eds) Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Urban Pests. Blacksburg, Virginia. 37-46.
Smallegange R., Geier M. & Takken W. (2002) Behavioural responses of Anopheles gambiae to ammonia, lactic acid and a fatty acid in a y-tube olfactometer. Proceedings of the Section Experimental and Applied Entomology of the Netherlands Entomological Society (NEV) 13, 147-152.
Dekker T., Cardé R. & Geier M. (2002) L-lactic acid: a human-signifying host cue for the anthropophilic mosquito Anopheles gambiae. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 16, 91-98.
Geier M., Rose A.M. & Mutzbauer I. (2001) Repellentien zum Schutz vor Blutsaugern. Journal für Flug- und Reisemedizin 8, 18-32. (Repellents against blood-sucking arthropods.)
Steib B., Geier M. & Boeckh J. (2001) The effect of lactic acid on odor related host preference of yellow fever mosquitoes. Chemical Senses 26, 523-528
Geier M. (2000) Olfaktorische Wirtsfindung bei Stechmücken. Journal Flug-und Reisemedizin 7, 16-20. (Olfactory host-finding of mosquitoes.)
Bosch J.O., Geier M. & Boeckh J. (2000) Contribution of fatty acids to olfactory host finding of female Aedes aegypti. Chemical Senses 25, 323-330.
Geier M., Franz H., Rose A.M., and Boeckh J. (2000) How the fine-scale plume structure of host-odours affect the flight behaviour of mosquitoes. In: Book of Abstracts, XXI ICE, Foz do Iguassu, # 2872.
Geier M. & Boeckh J. (1999) A new Y-tube olfactometer for mosquitoes to measure the attractiveness of host odours. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 92, 9-19. (177 kb)
Geier M., Bosch J.O. & Boeckh J. (1999) Influence of odour plume structure on upwind flight of mosquitoes towards hosts. Journal of Experimental Biology 202, 1639-1648. (104 kb)
Geier M., Bosch J.O. & Boeckh J. (1999) Ammonia as an attractive component of host odour for the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Chemical Senses 24, 647-653. (205 kb)
Cardé R.T., Dekker T. & Geier M. (1998): Flight behavior of mosquitoes on plumes of natural and synthetic host odor: mechanisms of orientation and influence of environmental factors. Annual Report of Mosquito Control Research, 47-49.
Rose A.M. (1998) The effect of host stimuli on the host finding behaviour of the bloodsucking bug Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), under quasi-natural conditions. In: Brunnhofer V. & Soldán T. (eds) Book of Abstracts, Volume 2 VIth European Congress of Entomology. Ceské Budejovice, 680-681.
Geier M., Bosch O.J. & Boeckh J. (1998): The effect of odour plume structure on the upwind flight of female Aedes aegypti (Diptera, Culicidae). In: Brunnhofer V. & Soldán T. (eds) Book of Abstracts, Volume 2 VIth European Congress of Entomology. Ceské Budejovice, 677-678.
Stengl, M. & Hörbrand, T. (1997): What is the role of cyclic GMP in insect olfaction? Society for Neuroscience Abstracts. 23, 1826.
Geier M., Sass H. & Boeckh, J. (1996): A search for components in human body odour that attract females of Aedes aegypti. In: Cardew, G. and Goode, J. (eds): Mosquito olfaction and olfactory-mediated mosquito-host interactions. Ciba Foundation Symposium. New York: John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 132-148.
Pappenberger B., Geier M. & Boeckh, J. (1996): Responses of antennal olfactory receptors to odours from the human body in the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti. In: Cardew, G. and Goode, J. (eds): Mosquito olfaction and olfactory-mediated mosquito-host interactions. Ciba Foundation Symposium 200. New York: John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 254-266.
Boeckh J., Breer H., Geier M., Hoever F.-P., Krüger B.-W., Nentwig G. & Sass H. (1996): Acylated 1,3- Aminopropanols as repellents against bloodsucking arthropods. Pesticide Science, 48, 359-373.
Rose A.M. & Boeckh J. (1996) Host-finding of the bloodsucking bug Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), a vector of Chagas' disease: Observations under conditions resembling the natural environment. In: Wildey K.B. (ed.) Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Insect Pests in the Urban Environement. BPC Wheatons, Exeter. 612.
Rose A.M. & Boeckh J. (1996) Host-finding of the bloodsucking bug Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), a vectors of Chagas' disease: an olfactometer study. In: Proceedings of the XX International Congress of Entomology. Florence. 768.
Geier M., Sass H., Boeckh J. (1996): Olfactory host finding of yellow fever mosquitoes Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae): Synergetic effect of different host odour components. In: Proceedings of the XX International Congress of Entomology. Florence.
Dolzer J., Hörbrand T., Pophof B. & Stengl M. (1996) Tip recordings in situ and patch clamp measurements in vitro of adapted olfactory receptor neurons of the hawkmoth Manduca sexta. In: Elsner N. & Schnitzler H.-U. (eds) Göttingen Neurobiology Report 1996, 262.
Geier, M. (1995): The role of lactic acid in olfactory host finding of the mosquito Aedes aegypti. European Symposium on Insect Taste and Olfaction IV.
Geier, M. (1993): Olfactory host finding of mosquitoes Aedes aegypti: a search for key stimuli. European Symposium on Insect Taste and Olfaction III.
Geier, M. (1991): Receptors for host odours and repellents on the antenna of the mosquito Aedes aegypti. European Symposium on Insect Taste and Olfaction II.

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