Host preference patterns in domestic and wild settings: Insights into Anopheles feeding behavior

L Bouafou, BK Makanga, N Rahola… - Evolutionary …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The adaptation of Anopheles malaria vectors to domestic settings is directly linked to their
ability to feed on humans. The strength of this species–habitat association is unequal across …

[HTML][HTML] An expanded neurogenetic toolkit to decode olfaction in the African malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae

D Giraldo, AM Hammond, J Wu, B Feole… - Cell Reports …, 2024 - cell.com
Anopheles gambiae uses its sense of smell to hunt humans. We report a two-step method
yielding cell-type-specific driver lines for enhanced neuroanatomical and functional studies …

Quantifying Mosquito Host Preference

D Giraldo, CJ McMeniman - Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, 2024 - cshprotocols.cshlp.org
The most dangerous mosquito species for human health are those that blood feed
preferentially and frequently on humans (anthropophilic mosquitoes). These include prolific …

[HTML][HTML] A metagenomic analysis of the phase 2 Anopheles gambiae 1000 genomes dataset reveals a wide diversity of cobionts associated with field collected …

A Pastusiak, MR Reddy, X Chen, I Hoyer… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The Anopheles gambiae 1000 Genomes (Ag1000G) Consortium previously utilized
deep sequencing methods to catalogue genetic diversity across African An. gambiae …

The potential impacts of vector host species fidelity on zoonotic arbovirus transmission

TA Sulaimon, AJ Wood, MB Bonsall, M Boots, JS Lord - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
The interaction between vector host preference and host availability on vector blood feeding
behaviour has important implications for the transmission of vector-borne pathogens. In …

Ecologie des populations selvatiques d'Anopheles gambiae, vecteur du paludisme

L Bouafou - 2024 - hal.science
Depuis leur découverte et l'établissement de leur rôle en tant que vecteur de Plasmodium,
parasites responsables du paludisme, les espèces sœurs An. gambiae et An. coluzzii ont …

Malaria cases and its trend among the outpatients who attended some hospitals and health centres in four towns in Ekiti State, Nigeria

OF Olorunniyi - Magna Scientia Advanced Research and …, 2024 - magnascientiapub.com
Monitoring the trend of malaria cases over a period of time is very useful to evaluate
successes of malaria control programme in the endemic area. This study evaluated the trend …