@article{fdi:010068363,
  title = {{L}arval nutritional stress affects vector life history traits and human malaria transmission},
  author = {{V}antaux, {A}m{\'e}lie and {L}ef{\`e}vre, {T}hierry and {C}ohuet, {A}nna and {D}abire, {K}. {R}. and {R}oche, {B}enjamin and {R}oux, {O}livier},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{E}xposure to stress during an insect's larval development can have carry-over effects on adult life history traits and susceptibility to pathogens. {W}e investigated the effects of larval nutritional stress for the first time using field mosquito vectors and malaria parasites. {I}n contrast to previous studies, we show that larval nutritional stress may affect human to mosquito transmission antagonistically: nutritionally deprived larvae showed lower parasite prevalence for only one gametocyte carrier; they also had lower fecundity. {H}owever, they had greater survival rates that were even higher when infected. {W}hen combining these opposing effects into epidemiological models, we show that larval nutritional stress induced a decrease in malaria transmission at low mosquito densities and an increase in transmission at high mosquito densities, whereas transmission by mosquitoes from well-fed larvae was stable. {O}ur work underscores the importance of including environmental stressors towards understanding host-parasite dynamics to improve disease transmission models and control.},
  keywords = {{BURKINA} {FASO}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{S}cientific {R}eports - {N}ature},
  volume = {6},
  numero = {},
  pages = {art. 36778 [10 p.]},
  ISSN = {2045-2322},
  year = {2016},
  DOI = {10.1038/srep36778},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010068363},
}