MicrobiologybioRxiv
Adaptive periodicity in the infectivity of malaria gametocytes to mosquitoes
P. Schneider, S. S. C. Rund, N. L. Smith…·S. E. Reece
The paper shows that malaria gametocytes are more infective to mosquitoes at night, despite lower blood density, and that daytime feeding increases sporozoite burdens due to higher mosquito susceptibility.
DOI 10.1098/rspb.2018.1876