Malaria Infected Mosquitoes Express Enhanced Attraction to Human Odor

There is much evidence that some pathogens manipulate the behaviour of their mosquito hosts to enhance pathogen transmission. However, it is unknown whether this phenomenon exists in the interaction of Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto with the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum - one of the most...

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Main Authors: Smallegange, Renate C., van Gemert, Geert-Jan, van de Vegte-Bolmer, Marga, Gezan, Salvador, Takken, Willem, Sauerwein, Robert W., Logan, James G.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3655188/