@article{fdi:010088063,
  title = {{I}ntervention reducing malaria parasite load in vector mosquitoes : no impact on {P}lasmodium falciparum extrinsic incubation period and the survival of {A}nopheles gambiae},
  author = {{G}uissou, {E}. and {D}a, {D}. {F}. and {H}ien, {D}. {F}. {D}. and {Y}ameogo, {K}. {B}. and {Y}erbanga, {S}. {R}. and {O}uedraogo, {G}. {A}. and {D}abire, {K}. {R}. and {L}ef{\`e}vre, {T}. and {C}ohuet, {A}nna},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A}uthor summary {I}n the fight against malaria, it is recognized that the use of several complementary strategies is necessary to significantly reduce transmission and improve human health. {A}mong these, transmission blocking strategies such as transmission blocking vaccines or drugs, aim to block the development of the parasites within mosquito vectors. {T}his approach should prevent infection in most mosquitoes feeding on infectious hosts and thus block transmission. {H}owever, in some cases it may only reduce parasite load without fully clearing the infection. {H}ere we identified potential risks: if reducing parasite load would reduce the incubation period of the parasite in mosquitoes or increase the longevity of the mosquitoes, undesirable consequences may occur with an increased efficiency of these vectors to transmit infection to humans. {W}e tested these hypotheses and experimentally produced different infection loads in {A}nopheles gambiae by using dilutions of {P}lasmodium falciparum isolates from naturally infected human donors. {W}e observed that the longevity of mosquitoes and the incubation period of the parasites were not affected by the parasite load. {T}his is not consistent with the unintended risks that we identified and thus strengthens the potential of transmission blocking interventions in the toolbox to combat malaria. {I}n the fight against malaria, transmission blocking interventions ({TBI}s) such as transmission blocking vaccines or drugs, are promising approaches to complement conventional tools. {T}hey aim to prevent the infection of vectors and thereby reduce the subsequent exposure of a human population to infectious mosquitoes. {T}he effectiveness of these approaches has been shown to depend on the initial intensity of infection in mosquitoes, often measured as the mean number of oocysts resulting from an infectious blood meal in absence of intervention. {I}n mosquitoes exposed to a high intensity of infection, current {TBI} candidates are expected to be ineffective at completely blocking infection but will decrease parasite load and therefore, potentially also affect key parameters of vector transmission. {T}he present study investigated the consequences of changes in oocyst intensity on subsequent parasite development and mosquito survival. {T}o address this, we experimentally produced different intensities of infection for {A}nopheles gambiae females from {B}urkina {F}aso by diluting gametocytes from three natural {P}lasmodium falciparum local isolates and used a newly developed non-destructive method based on the exploitation of mosquito sugar feeding to track parasite and mosquito life history traits throughout sporogonic development. {O}ur results indicate the extrinsic incubation period ({EIP}) of {P}. falciparum and mosquito survival did not vary with parasite density but differed significantly between parasite isolates with estimated {EIP}50 of 16 (95% {CI}: 15-18), 14 (95% {CI}: 12-16) and 12 (95% {CI}: 12-13) days and median longevity of 25 (95% {CI}: 22-29), 15 (95% {CI}: 13-15) and 18 (95% {CI}: 17-19) days for the three isolates respectively. {O}ur results here do not identify unintended consequences of the decrease of parasite loads in mosquitoes on the parasite incubation period or on mosquito survival, two key parameters of vectorial capacity, and hence support the use of transmission blocking strategies to control malaria.},
  keywords = {{BURKINA} {FASO}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{PL}o{S} {P}athogens},
  volume = {19},
  numero = {5},
  pages = {e1011084 [18 p.]},
  ISSN = {1553-7366},
  year = {2023},
  DOI = {10.1371/journal.ppat.1011084},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010088063},
}