Malaria infection increases bird attractiveness to uninfected mosquitoes

Ecology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 323-329

  Cornet, Stéphane ^a,b   Nicot, Antoine ^a,b   Rivero, Ana ^b   Gandon, Sylvain ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Culex mosquito; Experimental infections; Malaria transmission; Parasite manipulation; Plasmodium relictum; Vector blood feeding

Indexed keywords

AVES; CULEX PIPIENS; PLASMODIUM RELICTUM;

EID: 84931749102     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12041     Document Type: Article

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