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    • Plasmodium-associated changes in human odor attract mosquitoes 

      Robinsona, Ailie; Voets, Mirjam A.; Beshir, Khalid B.; Caulfield, John C.; Powers, Stephen J.; Verhulst, Niels O.; Winskill, Peter; Muwanguzia, Julian; Birkett, Michael A.; Smallegange, Renate C.; Masiga, Daniel K.; Mukabana, Richard; Sauerwein, Robert W.; Sutherland, Colin J.; Bousema, Teun; Pickett, John A.; Takken, Willem; Logan, James G; de Boer, Jetske G. (University of Nairobi, 2018)
      Malaria parasites (Plasmodium) can change the attractiveness of their vertebrate hosts to Anopheles vectors, leading to a greater number of vector–host contacts and increased transmission. Indeed, naturally Plasmodium-infected ...