@article{fdi:010062252,
  title = {{I}ndividual experience affects host choice in malaria vector mosquitoes},
  author = {{V}antaux, {A}m{\'e}lie and {L}ef{\`e}vre, {T}hierry and {D}abir{\'e}, {K}. {R}. and {C}ohuet, {A}nna},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{B}ackground: {D}espite epidemiological importance, few studies have explored whether individual experience and learning could affect the vertebrate host choice of mosquito disease vectors. {H}ere, we investigated whether a first successful blood meal can modulate mosquito preference during a second blood meal. {M}ethods: {I}n no-choice situations, females of the mosquito {A}nopheles coluzzii, one of the primary {A}frican malaria vectors, were first allowed to feed on either human, rabbit or guinea pig. {F}our days later in dual-choice situations, the same mosquitoes were allowed to choose between the two uncommon hosts, rabbit and guinea pig, as a source of blood. {ELISA} assays were then used to determine which host mosquitoes fed on. {R}esults: {O}ur results indicate that, overall, mosquitoes preferred to feed on rabbit over guinea pig and that the nature of the first blood meal had a significant impact on the mosquito host choice during the second blood meal. {C}ompared to mosquitoes that previously fed on guinea pigs or humans, mosquitoes that fed on rabbits were less likely to choose this host species during a second exposition. {T}he decreased preference for rabbit was observed four days after mosquitoes were first exposed to this host, suggesting that the effect lasts at least the duration of a gonotrophic cycle. {F}urthermore, this effect was observed after only one successful blood meal. {F}itness measurements on mosquitoes fed on the three different vertebrate hosts showed that the origin of the blood meal affected mosquito longevity but not fecundity. {I}n particular, human-fed mosquitoes lived longer than guinea pig-fed or rabbit-fed mosquitoes. {C}onclusions: {O}ur study demonstrates that individual experience affects host choice in this mosquito species and might have strong repercussions on biting patterns in natural conditions and hence on malaria transmission.},
  keywords = {{E}xperience ; {H}ost choice ; {F}eeding behaviour ; {M}osquitoes ; {A}nopheles coluzzii ; {A}nopheles gambiae {M} form ; {M}alaria ; {V}ector ; {T}ransmission ; {BURKINA} {FASO}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}arasites and {V}ectors},
  volume = {7},
  numero = {},
  pages = {249},
  ISSN = {1756-3305},
  year = {2014},
  DOI = {10.1186/1756-3305-7-249},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010062252},
}