Mosquitoes use plant sugars and vertebrate blood as nutritional resources. When searching
for blood hosts, some mosquitoes express preferential behavior for selected species. Here …

The saliva of haematophagous arthropods contains an array of anti-haemostatic, anti-
inflammatory and immunomodulatory molecules that contribute to the success of the blood …

All moving animals, including flies [1–3], sharks [4], and humans [5], experience a dynamic
sensory landscape that is a function of both their trajectory through space and the …

Female mosquitoes of some species are generalists and will blood-feed on a variety of
vertebrate hosts, whereas others display marked host preference. Anopheles gambiae and …

Background The persistence of malaria in large parts of sub-Saharan Africa has motivated
the development of novel tools to complement existing control programmes, including gene …

Background Malaria is a severe global public health challenge that causes significant
morbidity and mortality worldwide, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. This study was …

It is known that human individuals show different levels of attractiveness to mosquitoes. In
this study, we investigated the chemical basis for low attractiveness. We recorded behaviors …

Dengue viruses causing severe, hemorrhagic disease have displaced less virulent strains in
the Americas during the past three decades. The American (AM) genotype of dengue …

The malaria parasites (Apicomplexa: Haemosporida) of birds are believed to have
diversified across the avian host phylogeny well after the origin of most major host lineages …

Background Ongoing lineage splitting within the African malaria mosquito Anopheles
gambiae is compatible with ecological speciation, the evolution of reproductive isolation by …