Publications

Multiple blood feeding in mosquitoes shortens the Plasmodium falciparum incubation period and increases malaria transmission potential.

Author(s): Shaw WR, Holmdahl IE, Itoe MA, Werling K, Marquette M, Paton DG, Singh N, Buckee CO, Childs LM, Catteruccia F|Journal: PLoS Pathog|PMID: 33382824| December 2020

Many mosquito species, including the major malaria vector Anopheles gambiae, naturally undergo multiple reproductive cycles of blood feeding, egg development…

Wolbachia infections in natural Anopheles populations affect egg laying and negatively correlate with Plasmodium development.

Author(s): Shaw WR, Marcenac P, Childs LM, Buckee CO, Baldini F, Sawadogo SP, Dabiré RK, Diabaté A, Catteruccia F|Journal: Nat Commun|PMID: 27243367| May 2016

The maternally inherited alpha-proteobacterium Wolbachia has been proposed as a tool to block transmission of devastating mosquito-borne infectious diseases like…