2016
Plant-Mediated Effects on Mosquito Capacity to Transmit Human Malaria
Hien D, Dabiré K, Roche B, Diabaté A, Yerbanga R, Cohuet A, Yameogo B, Gouagna L, Hopkins R, Ouedraogo G, Simard F, Ouedraogo J, Ignell R, Lefevre T. Plant-Mediated Effects on Mosquito Capacity to Transmit Human Malaria. PLOS Pathogens 2016, 12: e1005773. PMID: 27490374, PMCID: PMC4973987, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005773.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImportant African malaria vectorsHost resource availabilityMalaria parasitesMalaria vectorsSugar sourcesSugar mealsAfrican malaria vectorsToxic secondary metabolitesNutritional ecologyPlant speciesMosquito traitsMosquito competenceNatural diversityFeeding assaysLannea microcarpaMosquito's capacityEcological contextSecondary metabolitesMolecular aspectsMalaria transmissionParasite growthResource availabilityDirect membrane feeding assaysDevelopment durationHuman malaria
2010
Patterns of sugar feeding and host plant preferences in adult males of An. gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae)
Gouagna L, Poueme R, Dabiré K, Ouédraogo J, Fontenille D, Simard F. Patterns of sugar feeding and host plant preferences in adult males of An. gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal Of Vector Ecology 2010, 35: 267-276. PMID: 21175931, DOI: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2010.00082.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHost plant preferenceY-tube olfactometer assaysSugar sourcesSugar feedingGambiae s.Olfactory response patternsPeri-domestic habitatsDistribution of AnPlant preferenceIndividual plantsNearby plantsOlfactometer assaysMale mosquitoesWestern Burkina FasoUnstudied interactionSenna siameaNatural sugar sourcesPlantsNatural conditionsGambiaeOdor cuesCassia sieberianaFirst evidenceMangifera indicaLaboratory conditions