Plasmodium falciparum infection in humans and mosquitoes influence natural Anopheline biting behavior and transmission

Abstract The human infectious reservoir of Plasmodium falciparum is governed by transmission efficiency during vector-human contact and mosquito biting preferences. Understanding biting bias in a natural setting can help target interventions to interrupt transmission. In a 15-month cohort in western...

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Main Authors: Christine F. Markwalter, Zena Lapp, Lucy Abel, Emmah Kimachas, Evans Omollo, Elizabeth Freedman, Tabitha Chepkwony, Mark Amunga, Tyler McCormick, Sophie Bérubé, Judith N. Mangeni, Amy Wesolowski, Andrew A. Obala, Steve M. Taylor, Wendy Prudhomme O’Meara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49080-9