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| Title |
The invasive shrub Prosopis juliflora enhances the malaria parasite transmission capacity of Anopheles mosquitoes: a habitat manipulation experiment
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| Published in |
Malaria Journal, July 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12936-017-1878-9 |
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| Authors |
Gunter C. Muller, Amy Junnila, Mohamad M. Traore, Sekou F. Traore, Seydou Doumbia, Fatoumata Sissoko, Seydou M. Dembele, Yosef Schlein, Kristopher L. Arheart, Edita E. Revay, Vasiliy D. Kravchenko, Arne Witt, John C. Beier |
| Abstract |
A neglected aspect of alien invasive plant species is their influence on mosquito vector ecology and malaria transmission. Invasive plants that are highly attractive to Anopheles mosquitoes provide them with sugar that is critical to their survival. The effect on Anopheles mosquito populations was examined through a habitat manipulation experiment that removed the flowering branches of highly attractive Prosopis juliflora from selected villages in Mali, West Africa. Nine villages in the Bandiagara district of Mali were selected, six with flowering Prosopis juliflora, and three without. CDC-UV light traps were used to monitor their Anopheles spp. vector populations, and recorded their species composition, population size, age structure, and sugar feeding status. After 8 days, all of the flowering branches were removed from three villages and trap catches were analysed again. Villages where flowering branches of the invasive shrub Prosopis juliflora were removed experienced a threefold drop in the older more dangerous Anopheles females. Population density dropped by 69.4% and the species composition shifted from being a mix of three species of the Anopheles gambiae complex to one dominated by Anopheles coluzzii. The proportion of sugar fed females dropped from 73 to 15% and males from 77 to 10%. This study demonstrates how an invasive plant shrub promotes the malaria parasite transmission capacity of African malaria vector mosquitoes. Proper management of invasive plants could potentially reduce mosquito populations and malaria transmission. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 50 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 12% |
| Saudi Arabia | 6 | 12% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 6% |
| Mauritius | 1 | 2% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 2% |
| Cyprus | 1 | 2% |
| Kenya | 1 | 2% |
| Spain | 1 | 2% |
| Fiji | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 29 | 58% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 42 | 84% |
| Scientists | 4 | 8% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 6% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 161 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 161 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 28 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 23 | 14% |
| Researcher | 22 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 5% |
| Other | 21 | 13% |
| Unknown | 46 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 47 | 29% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 14 | 9% |
| Engineering | 8 | 5% |
| Environmental Science | 8 | 5% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 4% |
| Other | 21 | 13% |
| Unknown | 57 | 35% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 273. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 July 2023.
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#132,153
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#15
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#2,804
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