Climate and Urbanization Drive Mosquito Preference for Humans

Noah H Rose , Massamba Sylla , Athanase Badolo , Joel Lutomiah , Diego Ayala (1) , Ogechukwu B Aribodor , Nnenna Ibe , Jewelna Akorli , Sampson Otoo , John-Paul Mutebi , Alexis L Kriete , Eliza G Ewing , Rosemary Sang , Andrea Gloria-Soria , Jeffrey R Powell , Rachel E Baker , Bradley J White , Jacob E Crawford , Carolyn S Mcbride

1 MIVEGEC-DEEVA - Diversity, ecology, evolution & Adaptation of arthropod vectors

Highlights d African populations of Ae. aegypti vary in preference for human versus animal odor d Preference for humans is associated with intense dry seasons and urbanization d Preference for humans has a single, shared genomic basis inside and outside Africa d Rapid urbanization could further increase human biting in many African cities by 2050

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Noah H Rose, Massamba Sylla, Athanase Badolo, Joel Lutomiah, Diego Ayala, et al.. Climate and Urbanization Drive Mosquito Preference for Humans. Current Biology - CB, 2020, 30, pp.3570 - 3579.e6. ⟨10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.092⟩. ⟨hal-03051617⟩