Host-seeking behaviors of mosquitoes experimentally infected with sympatric field isolates of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum: no evidence for host manipulation
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Citation: Vantaux A, de Sales Hien DF, Yameogo B, Dabiré KR, Thomas F, Cohuet A and Lefèvre T (2015) Host-seeking behaviors of mosquitoes experimentally infected with sympatric field isolates of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum: no evidence for host manipulation. Front. Ecol. Evol. 3:86. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2015.00086 Host-seeking behaviors of mosquitoes experimentally infected with sympatric field isolates of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum: no evidence for host manipulation
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