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From: Attraction of the cutaneous leishmaniasis vector Nyssomyia neivai (Diptera: Psychodidae) to host odour components in a wind tunnel

Figure 1

Wind tunnel olfactometer. Wind tunnel apparatus used to assess responses of female N. neivai to host odour components. Humidified compressed air flowed through the wind tunnel from left to right. Sandflies which left the releasing chamber were recorded as having been activated by the odour source. Sandflies which travelled to the end of the wind tunnel were recorded as having been attracted by the odour source.

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