TY - JOUR AU - Muller, Gunter C. AU - Junnila, Amy AU - Traore, Mohamad M. AU - Traore, Sekou F. AU - Doumbia, Seydou AU - Sissoko, Fatoumata AU - Dembele, Seydou M. AU - Schlein, Yosef AU - Arheart, Kristopher L. AU - Revay, Edita E. AU - Kravchenko, Vasiliy D. AU - Witt, Arne AU - Beier, John C. PY - 2017 DA - 2017/07/05 TI - The invasive shrub Prosopis juliflora enhances the malaria parasite transmission capacity of Anopheles mosquitoes: a habitat manipulation experiment JO - Malaria Journal SP - 237 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - A neglected aspect of alien invasive plant species is their influence on mosquito vector ecology and malaria transmission. Invasive plants that are highly attractive to Anopheles mosquitoes provide them with sugar that is critical to their survival. The effect on Anopheles mosquito populations was examined through a habitat manipulation experiment that removed the flowering branches of highly attractive Prosopis juliflora from selected villages in Mali, West Africa. SN - 1475-2875 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-1878-9 DO - 10.1186/s12936-017-1878-9 ID - Muller2017 ER -