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Review
. 2019 Dec;35(12):949-952.
doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2019.08.004. Epub 2019 Oct 1.

Multiple Blood Feeding: A Force Multiplier for Transmission

Riley E Tedrow  1 , Peter A Zimmerman  2 , Karen C Abbott  3
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Multiple Blood Feeding: A Force Multiplier for Transmission

Riley E Tedrow et al. Trends Parasitol. 2019 Dec.

Abstract

Anopheles mosquitoes employ complex behavioral and physiological strategies to adapt to their environment. Here we show how altering the number of bites a mosquito takes per gonotrophic cycle (gonotrophic discordance) could raise the transmission potential of a mosquito population far above model predictions.

Keywords: gonotrophic discordance; malaria; mosquitoes; multiple blood feeding; vector control.

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