Temperature-Dependent Pre-Bloodmeal Period and Temperature-Driven Asynchrony between Parasite Development and Mosquito Biting Rate Reduce Malaria Transmission Intensity

Krijn P. Paaijmans; Lauren J. Cator; Matthew B. Thomas

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055777

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Temperature-Dependent Pre-Bloodmeal Period and Temperature-Driven Asynchrony between Parasite Development and Mosquito Biting Rate Reduce Malaria Transmission Intensity

Krijn P. Paaijmans ,

* E-mail: krijn@paaijmans.nl

Current address: Barcelona Centre for International Health Research, Barcelona, Spain

Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics and Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Lauren J. Cator,

Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics and Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Matthew B. Thomas

Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics and Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Temperature-Dependent Pre-Bloodmeal Period and Temperature-Driven Asynchrony between Parasite Development and Mosquito Biting Rate Reduce Malaria Transmission Intensity

Krijn P. Paaijmans,
Lauren J. Cator,
Matthew B. Thomas

Published: January 31, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055777

About the Authors

Krijn P. Paaijmans

* E-mail: krijn@paaijmans.nl

Current address: Barcelona Centre for International Health Research, Barcelona, Spain

Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics and Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Lauren J. Cator

Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics and Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Matthew B. Thomas

Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics and Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Computational modeling: KPP. Conceived and designed the experiments: KPP MBT. Performed the experiments: KPP. Analyzed the data: LJC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MBT. Wrote the paper: KPP LJC MBT.

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