RT Journal Article
T1 Plasmodium  transmission differs between mosquito species and parasite lineages
A1 Gutiérrez López, Rafael
A1 Martínez de la Puente, Josué
A1 Gangoso De La Colina, Laura Esther
A1 Soriguer, Ramón
A1 Figuerola, Jordi
AB Factors such as the particular combination of parasite–mosquito species, their co-evolutionary history and the host's parasite load greatly affect parasite transmission. However, the importance of these factors in the epidemiology of mosquito-borne parasites, such as avian malaria parasites, is largely unknown. Here, we assessed the competence of two mosquito species [Culex pipiens and Aedes (Ochlerotatus) caspius], for the transmission of four avian Plasmodium lineages (Plasmodium relictum SGS1 and GRW11 and Plasmodium cathemerium-related lineages COLL1 and PADOM01) naturally infecting wild house sparrows. We assessed the effects of parasite identity and parasite load on Plasmodium transmission risk through its effects on the transmission rate and mosquito survival. We found that Cx. pipiens was able to transmit the four Plasmodium lineages, while Ae. caspius was unable to transmit any of them. However, Cx. pipiens mosquitoes fed on birds infected by P. relictum showed a lower survival and transmission rate than those fed on birds infected by parasites related to P. cathemerium. Non-significant associations were found with the host–parasite load. Our results confirm the existence of inter- and intra-specific differences in the ability of Plasmodium lineages to develop in mosquito species and their effects on the survival of mosquitoes that result in important differences in the transmission risk of the different avian malaria parasite lineages studied.
PB Cambridge University Press
SN 0031-1820
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/111158
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/111158
LA eng
NO Gutiérrez-López, R., Martínez-de la Puente, J., Gangoso, L., Soriguer, R., & Figuerola, J. (2020). Plasmodium transmission differs between mosquito species and parasite lineages. Parasitology, 147(4), 441–447. doi:10.1017/S0031182020000062
NO This study was funded by projects CGL2015-65055-P and PGC2018-095704-B-100 from the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities and from the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER). RGL was supported by a FPI grant (BES-2013-065274). JMP was partially supported by a 2017 Leonardo Grant for Researchers and Cultural Creators, BBVA Foundation. The Foundation accepts no responsibility for the opinions, statements and contents included in the project and/or the results thereof, which are entirely the responsibility of the authors. LG was supported by a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship of the European Commission (grant number 747729 ‘EcoEvoClim’). Fieldwork facilities were provided by Doñana ICTS-RBD.
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
NO European Commission
NO Fundación BBVA
DS Docta Complutense
RD 17 abr 2025