ReviewParasites & vectors2018
The tripartite interactions between the mosquito, its microbiota and Plasmodium.
Review in Parasites & vectors, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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62 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Evaluating paratransgenesis using engineered symbiotic bacteria for Plasmodium inhibition in mosquito vectors: A systematic review.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Pooled it
- The mosquito gut microbiome andFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026Pooled it
- Fungal microbiota diversity inWellcome open research · 2026Pooled it
- Malaria and the Microbiome: A Systematic Review.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2018Pooled it
- Mosquito-based malaria control through genetic, microbial and immunological innovations.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2026Review
- Drivers of Mosquito Microbiome Composition: Effects of Species, Locality, Season, and Plasmodium Infection.Microbial ecology · 2026Article
- Bridging laboratory and field research: Method adjustments to blood feed field-derived Aedes aegypti.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Integrating the Microbiome Into Infection Ecology and Evolution in Wild Animals.Molecular ecology · 2026Review
- Contact-mediated triclosan delivery for transmission blocking ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Impact of insecticide resistance on controlling mosquito vectors and its potential contribution to behavioural modifications.Malaria journal · 2025Review
- Effects of avian Plasmodium exposure on the microbiota of Culex pipiens.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Holobiont-holobiont interactions across host-ectoparasite systems.Parasites & vectors · 2025Review
- Compatibility ofTropical medicine and infectious disease · 2025Article
- Role of microbiota in host-Journal of parasitic diseases : official organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology · 2025Review
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- The Mosquito Microbiota: A Key Player in Vector Competence and Disease Dynamics.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Dihydroartemisinin suppresses the susceptibility of Anopheles stephensi to Plasmodium yoelii by activating the Toll signaling pathway.Parasites & vectors · 2024Article
- A novel broad-spectrum antibacterial and anti-malarial Anopheles gambiae Cecropin promotes microbial clearance during pupation.PLoS pathogens · 2024Article
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Abstract
The microbiota of Anopheles mosquitoes interferes with mosquito infection by Plasmodium and influences mosquito fitness, therefore affecting vectorial capacity. This natural barrier to malaria transmission has been regarded with growing interest in the last 20 years, as it may be a source of new transmission-blocking strategies. The last decade has seen tremendous progress in the functional characterisation of the tripartite interactions between the mosquito, its microbiota and Plasmodium parasites. In this review, we provide insights into the effects of the mosquito microbiota on Plasmodium infection and on mosquito physiology, and on how these aspects together influence vectorial capacity. We also discuss three current challenges in the field, namely the need for a more relevant microbiota composition in experimental mosquitoes involved in vector biology studies, for a better characterisation of the non-bacterial microbiota, and for further functional studies of the microbiota present outside the gut.
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