Transmission traits of malaria parasites within the mosquito: Genetic variation, phenotypic plasticity, and consequences for control
Evaluating the risk of emergence and transmission of vector-borne diseases requires knowledge of the genetic and environmental contributions to pathogen transmission traits. Compared to the significant effort devoted to understanding the biology of malaria transmission from vertebrate hosts to mosqu...
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| author | Lefevre, T Ohm, J Dabiré, KR Cohuet, A Choisy, M Thomas, MB Cator, L |
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| description | Evaluating the risk of emergence and transmission of vector-borne diseases requires knowledge of the genetic and environmental contributions to pathogen transmission traits. Compared to the significant effort devoted to understanding the biology of malaria transmission from vertebrate hosts to mosquito vectors, the strategies that malaria parasites have evolved to maximize transmission from vectors to vertebrate hosts have been largely overlooked. While determinants of infection success within the mosquito host have recently received attention, the causes of variability for other key transmission traits of malaria, namely the duration of parasite development and its virulence within the vector, as well as its ability to alter mosquito behavior, remain largely unknown. This important gap in our knowledge needs to be bridged in order to obtain an integrative view of the ecology and evolution of malaria transmission strategies. Associations between transmission traits also need to be characterized, as they trade-offs and constraints could have important implications for understanding the evolution of parasite transmission. Finally, theoretical studies are required to evaluate how genetic and environmental influences on parasite transmission traits can shape malaria dynamics and evolution in response to disease control. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:edd4338d-6d4e-48e2-8d0c-49823de1ee3f2022-03-27T11:28:05ZTransmission traits of malaria parasites within the mosquito: Genetic variation, phenotypic plasticity, and consequences for controlJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:edd4338d-6d4e-48e2-8d0c-49823de1ee3fEnglishSymplectic ElementsWiley2017Lefevre, TOhm, JDabiré, KRCohuet, AChoisy, MThomas, MBCator, LEvaluating the risk of emergence and transmission of vector-borne diseases requires knowledge of the genetic and environmental contributions to pathogen transmission traits. Compared to the significant effort devoted to understanding the biology of malaria transmission from vertebrate hosts to mosquito vectors, the strategies that malaria parasites have evolved to maximize transmission from vectors to vertebrate hosts have been largely overlooked. While determinants of infection success within the mosquito host have recently received attention, the causes of variability for other key transmission traits of malaria, namely the duration of parasite development and its virulence within the vector, as well as its ability to alter mosquito behavior, remain largely unknown. This important gap in our knowledge needs to be bridged in order to obtain an integrative view of the ecology and evolution of malaria transmission strategies. Associations between transmission traits also need to be characterized, as they trade-offs and constraints could have important implications for understanding the evolution of parasite transmission. Finally, theoretical studies are required to evaluate how genetic and environmental influences on parasite transmission traits can shape malaria dynamics and evolution in response to disease control. |
| spellingShingle | Lefevre, T Ohm, J Dabiré, KR Cohuet, A Choisy, M Thomas, MB Cator, L Transmission traits of malaria parasites within the mosquito: Genetic variation, phenotypic plasticity, and consequences for control |
| title | Transmission traits of malaria parasites within the mosquito: Genetic variation, phenotypic plasticity, and consequences for control |
| title_full | Transmission traits of malaria parasites within the mosquito: Genetic variation, phenotypic plasticity, and consequences for control |
| title_fullStr | Transmission traits of malaria parasites within the mosquito: Genetic variation, phenotypic plasticity, and consequences for control |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transmission traits of malaria parasites within the mosquito: Genetic variation, phenotypic plasticity, and consequences for control |
| title_short | Transmission traits of malaria parasites within the mosquito: Genetic variation, phenotypic plasticity, and consequences for control |
| title_sort | transmission traits of malaria parasites within the mosquito genetic variation phenotypic plasticity and consequences for control |
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