{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Cornet S"],"funding":["European Research Council","Agence Nationale de la Recherche"],"pagination":["82"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6420798"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["18(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Some Plasmodium species have the ability to modify the behaviour of their mosquito vectors. This is thought to be an adaptive strategy that maximizes the parasite's transmission.<h4>Methods</h4>The effect of Plasmodium relictum infections on the blood feeding behaviour of Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus mosquitoes was monitored.<h4>Results</h4>Plasmodium infections did not alter the proportion of blood fed mosquitoes but they did affect the dynamics and the size of the blood meal. Sporozoite-infected mosquitoes completed their blood meal 1.3 times later than uninfected mosquitoes and ended up with smaller blood meals.<h4>Conclusion</h4>The potential adaptive nature of this manipulation of mosquito behaviour is discussed in the light of previous studies on other malaria mo"],"journal":["Malaria journal"],"pubmed_title":["Avian malaria alters the dynamics of blood feeding in Culex pipiens mosquitoes."],"pmcid":["PMC6420798"],"funding_grant_id":["ERC Starting Grant 243054 EVOLEPID","243054","EVOMALWILD"],"pubmed_authors":["Cornet S","Nicot A","Gandon S","Rivero A"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Avian malaria alters the dynamics of blood feeding in Culex pipiens mosquitoes.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Some Plasmodium species have the ability to modify the behaviour of their mosquito vectors. This is thought to be an adaptive strategy that maximizes the parasite's transmission.<h4>Methods</h4>The effect of Plasmodium relictum infections on the blood feeding behaviour of Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus mosquitoes was monitored.<h4>Results</h4>Plasmodium infections did not alter the proportion of blood fed mosquitoes but they did affect the dynamics and the size of the blood meal. Sporozoite-infected mosquitoes completed their blood meal 1.3 times later than uninfected mosquitoes and ended up with smaller blood meals.<h4>Conclusion</h4>The potential adaptive nature of this manipulation of mosquito behaviour is discussed in the light of previous studies on other malaria mo","dates":{"release":"2019-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2019 Mar","modification":"2026-05-07T03:00:32.32Z","creation":"2019-08-04T07:57:48Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6420798","cross_references":{"pubmed":["30876412"],"doi":["10.1186/s12936-019-2690-5"]}}