Individual experience affects host choice in malaria vector mosquitoes

Abstract Background Despite epidemiological importance, few studies have explored whether individual experience and learning could affect the vertebrate host choice of mosquito disease vectors. Here, we investigated whether a first successful blood meal can modulate mosquito preference during a seco...

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Main Authors: Amélie Vantaux, Thierry Lefèvre, Kounbrobr Roch Dabiré, Anna Cohuet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2014-05-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-249