Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite loads in Anopheles gambiae s.l. across agro-ecological zones of Benin: a cross-sectional field study
Malaria transmission depends critically on the vectorial competence of Anopheles mosquitoes, which is partly reflected by the quantity of infectious Plasmodium falciparum forms harboured in the salivary glands. Whether agro-ecological heterogeneity and vector species identity modulate this parasite burden remains poorl...