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ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2025

Dietary shifts in infected mosquitoes suggest a form of self-medication despite benefits in uninfected individuals.

Tiago G Zeferino, Alfonso Rojas Mora, Armelle Vallat, Jacob C Koella

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Article in Proceedings. Biological sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Tiago G ZeferinoUniversité de Neuchâtel, Institut de Biologie, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.ORCID 0009-0004-0767-5200
Alfonso Rojas MoraUniversité de Neuchâtel, Institut de Biologie, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Armelle VallatUniversité de Neuchâtel, Institut de Chimie, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Jacob C KoellaUniversité de Neuchâtel, Institut de Biologie, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

Funding

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune responses protect against infectious diseases but often incur physiological costs, such as oxidative stress. In mosquitoes, these costs may shape behaviours that help regulate oxidative balance, potentially including the consumption of nectar containing bioactive substances such as prooxidants and antioxidants. We investigated whether

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AnophelesMicrosporidiaAnimalsAntioxidantsDietFeeding BehaviorFemaleHydrogen PeroxideLongevityOxidative StressAntioxidantsHydrogen Peroxidehost–parasite interactionsinnate and dynamic responsemicrosporidian infectionmosquito behaviouroxidative stressself-medication

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PMID40957574
PMCPMC12440630

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