A spatial individual-based model predicting a great impact of copious sugar sources and resting sites on survival of Anopheles gambiae and malaria parasite transmission

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Zhu, Lin ^a   Qualls, Whitney A ^a   Marshall, John M ^b   Arheart, Kris L ^a   Deangelis, Donald L ^c   McManus, John W ^d   Traore, Sekou F ^e   Doumbia, Seydou ^e   Schlein, Yosef ^f   Müller, Günter C ^f   Beier, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Miami   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BAMAKO   (Mali)

^f HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Anopheles gambiae; Behavior; Individual based model; Malaria; Resting; Sugar feeding

Indexed keywords

SUGAR;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HOST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOSQUITO BITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST; SIMULATION; SUGAR INTAKE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84924142881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0555-0     Document Type: Article

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