Additional blood meals increase mosquito infectivity by accelerating the transcriptional development of Plasmodium sporozoites
W. Robert Shaw, Philipp Schwabl, Maurice A. Itoe, Shriya Anandjee, Jamie Kauffman, Lisa H. Verzier, Yan Yan, Daniel E. Neafsey, Flaminia Catteruccia
The paper shows that additional blood meals increase Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite infectivity to hepatocytes by altering their transcriptional profiles.
bioRxiv · Sep 28, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology