Effects of Plasmodium yoelii nigeriensis infection on fluctuations in blood-feeding activity of Anopheles stephensi

Abstract

Using a cage-test method, reduction and restoration of behavioral activity of Plasmodium-infected Anopheles stephensi was demonstrated. Reduction in the ability to pass through a net barrier and the rate of blood-feeding during the period oocysts are present was notable. However, net passage and bait-feeding activities in sporozoite-infected mosquitoes following disappearance of the oocyst were entirely restored.