The time it takes for malaria parasites to develop within a mosquito, and become
transmissible, is known as the extrinsic incubation period, or EIP. EIP is a key parameter …

Proof-of-concept studies demonstrate that antimalarial drugs designed for human treatment
can also be applied to mosquitoes to interrupt malaria transmission. Deploying a new …

As biodiversity declines with anthropogenic land-use change, it is increasingly important to
understand how changing biodiversity affects infectious disease risk. The dilution effect …

Evaluating the risk of emergence and transmission of vector‐borne diseases requires
knowledge of the genetic and environmental contributions to pathogen transmission traits …

Background Infection by the human malaria parasite leads to important changes in mosquito
phenotypic traits related to vector competence. However, we still lack a clear understanding …

Laboratory studies of pathogens aim to limit complexity in order to disentangle the important
parameters contributing to an infection. However, pathogens rarely exist in isolation, and …

Vector-borne diseases are among the greatest causes of human suffering globally. Several
studies have linked climate change and increasing temperature with rises in vector …

The transmission of many animal and plant diseases relies on the behavior of arthropod
vectors. In particular, the specific preference for infected or uninfected hosts observed in …

Insect vectors are responsible for spreading many infectious diseases, yet interactions
between pathogens/parasites and insect vectors remain poorly understood. Filling this …

Many vector-borne pathogens establish multiple-strain infections in the vertebrate host and
the arthropod vector. Multiple-strain infections in the host influence strain acquisition by …