Do malaria parasites manipulate mosquitoes?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 466-470

  Cator, Lauren J ^a   Lynch, Penelope A ^b   Read, Andrew F ^a   Thomas, Matthew B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foraging; Malaria; Manipulation; Mosquito behavior; Plasmodium; Transmission

Indexed keywords

BED NET; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; REVIEW; SYRINGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CULICIDAE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA;

EID: 84867894118     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2012.08.004     Document Type: Review

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