Field evidence for manipulation of mosquito host selection by the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum
A. Vantaux, F. Yao, D. F. Hien, E. Guissou, B. K. Yameogo, L.-C. Gouagna, D. Fontenille, F. Renaud, F. Simard, C. Constantini, F. Thomas, K. Mouline, B. Roche, A. Cohuet, K. R. Dabire, T. Lefevre
The paper shows that Plasmodium falciparum increases mosquito anthropophagy in infectious females, enhancing parasite transmission.
bioRxiv · Nov 8, 2018Evolutionary Biology