title: Learning and Memory in Disease Vector Insects.
abstract: Learning and memory plays an important role in host preference and parasite transmission by disease vector insects. Historically there has been a dearth of standardized protocols that permit testing their learning abilities, thus limiting discussion on the potential epidemiological consequences of learning and memory to a largely speculative extent. However, with increasing evidence that individual experience and associative learning can affect processes such as oviposition site selection and host preference, it is timely to review the recently acquired knowledge, identify research gaps and discuss the implication of learning in disease vector insects in perspective with control strategies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. Electronic address: vinauger@uw.edu.
authors.forename: Clément
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vinauger
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
authors.forename: Chloé
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lahondère
authors.affiliation: Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Unité MIVEGEC, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cohuet
authors.affiliation: Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte, Université François Rabelais, Tours, France.
authors.forename: Claudio R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Lazzari
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Riffell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007313:Insecta / Q000469:parasitology / Q000502:physiology*; D007858:Learning; D008568:Memory; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000635:transmission
keywords: conditioning; control strategies; disease vector; host selection; individual experience; learning