Jacob Koella
Jacob Koella
among apart effect infection intrinsic main previous problem studies tease
I think the main problem with the previous studies is that they couldn't really tease apart the effect of infection and the intrinsic differences in attractiveness among people.
amazing case hard
It's amazing how much manipulation is going on in parasites. It would be hard to find a case where there wasn't some manipulation.
amazing
It's amazing how much manipulation is going on in parasites.
appears obvious
And manipulation appears to be an obvious way to do it.
attracted children either infected jump results twice
Gametocyte-infected children attracted about twice as many mosquitoes as either uninfected ones or ones infected with non-transmissible stages. The results really jump out.
explain extent fact help incredibly intense mosquito
The fact that the parasite manipulates the mosquito to this extent can help to explain the incredibly intense transmission of malaria.