Antibiotics in ingested human blood affect the mosquito microbiota and capacity to transmit malaria

Malaria reduction is most efficiently achieved by vector control whereby human populations at high risk of contracting and transmitting the disease are protected from mosquito bites. Here, we identify the presence of antibiotics in the blood of malaria-infected people as a new risk of increasing dis...

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Main Authors: Gendrin, Mathilde, Rodgers, Faye H., Yerbanga, Rakiswendé S., Ouédraogo, Jean Bosco, Basáñez, María-Gloria, Cohuet, Anna, Christophides, George K.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Pub. Group 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4338536/