ReviewInfection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases2014
Ecophysiology of Anopheles gambiae s.l.: persistence in the Sahel.
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- Potential persistence mechanisms of the major Anopheles gambiae species complex malaria vectors in sub-Saharan Africa: a narrative review.Malaria journal · 2023Review
- Wind-assisted high-altitude dispersal of mosquitoes and other insects in East Africa.Journal of medical entomology · 2023Article
- Impact of aerial humidity on seasonal malaria: an ecological study in Zambia.Malaria journal · 2022Article
- Isotopic evidence that aestivation allows malaria mosquitoes to persist through the dry season in the Sahel.Nature ecology & evolution · 2022Article
- Physiological and life history changes associated with seasonal adaptation in the cactophilic Drosophila mojavensis.Biology open · 2022Article
- Diet and Oviposition Deprivation Effects on Survivorship, Gonotrophic Dissociation, and Mortality ofJournal of parasitology research · 2022Article
- Diversity, composition, altitude, and seasonality of high-altitude windborne migrating mosquitoes in the Sahel: Implications for disease transmission.Frontiers in epidemiology · 2022Article
- The Effects of High-Altitude Windborne Migration on Survival, Oviposition, and Blood-Feeding of the African Malaria Mosquito, Anopheles gambiae s.l. (Diptera: Culicidae).Journal of medical entomology · 2021Article
- Increased investment in gametocytes in asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infections in the wet season.BMC infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Diversity, dynamics, direction, and magnitude of high-altitude migrating insects in the Sahel.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Induction of long-lived potential aestivation states in laboratory An. gambiae mosquitoes.Parasites & vectors · 2020Article
- A trade-off between dry season survival longevity and wet season high net reproduction can explain the persistence of Anopheles mosquitoes.Parasites & vectors · 2018Article
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- Photoperiodic responses of Sahelian malaria mosquitoes Anopheles coluzzii and An. arabiensis.Parasites & vectors · 2017Article
- Tracing the origin of the early wet-seasonEvolutionary applications · 2017Article
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Abstract
The dry-season biology of malaria vectors is poorly understood, especially in arid environments when no surface waters are available for several months, such as during the dry season in the Sahel. Here we reappraise results on the dry-season physiology of members of the Anopheles gambiae s.l. complex in the broad context of dormancy in insects and especially in mosquitoes. We examine evidence on seasonal changes in reproduction, metabolism, stress tolerance, nutrition, molecular regulation, and environmental conditions and determine if the current results are compatible with dry-season diapause (aestivation) as the primary strategy for persistence throughout the dry season in the Sahel. In the process, we point out critical gaps in our knowledge that future studies can fill. We find compelling evidence that members of the An. gambiae s.l. complex undergo a form of aestivation during the Sahelian dry season by shifting energetic resources away from reproduction and towards increased longevity. Considering the differences between winter at temperate latitudes, which entails immobility of the insect and hence reliance on physiological solutions, as opposed to the Sahelian dry season, which restricts reproduction exclusively, we propose that behavioral changes play an important role in complementing physiological changes in this strategy.
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