Can malaria parasites manipulate the odour-mediated host preference of their mosquito vectors?
P. L. Nguyen, A. Vantaux, D. F. Hien, K. R. Dabire, B. Yameogo, L.-C. Gouagna, D. Fontenille, F. Renaud, F. Simard, C. Constantini, F. Thomas, A. Cohuet, T. Lefevre
This study investigates whether malaria parasites manipulate mosquito host choice toward suitable hosts, finding no effect on activation rate or odour preference in infected mosquitoes.
bioRxiv · Mar 7, 2017Evolutionary Biology