Publications
Scientific publications by research theme
Scientific publications grouped by the principal biological questions and methodological themes of my research.
The list below reflects the scientific questions that connect the work across time and provides a direct bridge between the publication record and the corresponding Research Themes. Within each theme, publications are ordered in reverse chronological order.
The list is generated from my curated bibliographic records. External publication profiles are also available through ORCID and Google Scholar.
Adaptation and environmental change
Obame-Nkoghe, J., Roiz, D., Ngangue, M.-F., Costantini, C., Rahola, N., Jiolle, D., Lehmann, D., Makaga, L., Ayala, D., Kengne, P., & Paupy, C. (2023). Towards the invasion of wild and rural forested areas in Gabon (Central Africa) by the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus: potential risks from the One Health perspective. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 17(8), e0011501.
Obame-Nkoghe, J., Roiz, D., Ngangue, M.-F., Costantini, C., Rahola, N., Jiolle, D., Lehmann, D., Makaga, L., Ayala, D., Kengne, P., & Paupy, C. (2022). Invasion of forested areas in Gabon (Central Africa) by the Asian tiger mosquito and the potential consequences from the One Health perspective. bioRxiv.
Longo Pendy, N. M., Tene Fossog, B., Tawedi, R. E., Akone-Ella, O., Toty, C., Rahola, N., Braun, J.-J., Berthet, N., Kengne, P., Costantini, C., & Ayala, D. (2021). Ecological plasticity to ions concentration determines genetic response and dominance of Anopheles coluzzii larvae in urban coastal habitats of Central Africa. Scientific Reports, 11(15781), 1–13.
Amimi, N., Dussert, S., Vaissayre, V., Ghouil, H., Doulbeau, S., Costantini, C., Ammari, Y., & Joët, T. (2020). Variation in seed traits among Mediterranean Oaks in Tunisia and their ecological significance. Annals of Botany, 125(6), 891–904.
Ould Lemrabott, M. A., Le Goff, G., Kengne, P., Ndiaye, O., Costantini, C., Lekweiry, K. M., Salem, M. S. O. A., Robert, V., Basco, L., Simard, F., & Boukhary, A. O. M. S. (2020). First report of Anopheles (Cellia) multicolor during a study of tolerance to salinity of Anopheles arabiensis larvae in Nouakchott, Mauritania. Parasites & Vectors, 13, 522.
Ayala, D., Akone-Ella, O., Rahola, N., Kengne, P., Ngangue, M.-F., Mezeme, F., Makanga, B. K., Nigg, M., Costantini, C., Simard, F., Prugnolle, F., Roche, B., Duron, O., & Paupy, C. (2019). Natural Wolbachia infections are common in the major malaria vectors in Central Africa. Evolutionary Applications, 12(8), 1583–1594.
Ayala, D., Zhang, S., Chateau, M., Fouet, C., Morlais, I., Costantini, C., Hahn, M. W., & Besansky, N. J. (2019). Association mapping desiccation resistance within chromosomal inversions in the African malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Molecular Ecology, 28(6), 1333–1342.
Kengne, P., Charmantier, G., Blondeau-Bidet, E., Costantini, C., & Ayala, D. (2019). Tolerance of disease-vector mosquitoes to brackish water and their osmoregulatory ability. Ecosphere, 10(10), e02783.
Ayala, D., Akone-Ella, O., Rahola, N., Kengne, P., Ngangue, M.-F., Mezeme, F., Makanga, B. K., Costantini, C., Simard, F., Prugnolle, F., Roche, B., Duron, O., & Paupy, C. (2018). Natural Wolbachia infections are common in the major malaria vectors in Central Africa. bioRxiv.
Ayala, D., Acevedo, P., Pombi, M., Dia, I., Boccolini, D., Costantini, C., Simard, F., & Fontenille, D. (2017). Chromosome inversions and ecological plasticity in the main African malaria mosquitoes. Evolution, 71(3), 686–701.
Antonio-Nkondjio, C., Youmsi-Goupeyou, M., Kopya, E., Tene Fossog, B., Njiokou, F., Costantini, C., & Awono-Ambene, P. (2014). Exposure to disinfectants (soap or hydrogen peroxide) increases tolerance to permethrin in Anopheles gambiae populations from the city of Yaoundé, Cameroon. Malaria Journal, 13, 296.
Tene Fossog, B., Antonio-Nkondjio, C., Kengne, P., Njiokou, F., Besansky, N. J., & Costantini, C. (2013). Physiological correlates of ecological divergence along an urbanization gradient: differential tolerance to ammonia among molecular forms of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae. BMC Ecology, 13, 1.
Cheng, C., White, B. J., Kamdem, G. C., Mockaitis, K., Costantini, C., Hahn, M. W., & Besansky, N. J. (2012). Ecological genomics of Anopheles gambiae along a latitudinal cline: A population-resequencing approach. Genetics, 190(4), 1417–1432.
Fouet, C., Gray, E., Besansky, N. J., & Costantini, C. (2012). Adaptation to Aridity in the Malaria Mosquito Anopheles gambiae: chromosomal Inversion Polymorphism and Body Size Influence Resistance to Desiccation. PLoS ONE, 7(4), e34841.
Tene Fossog, B., Kopya, E., Ndo, C., Menze-Djantio, B., Costantini, C., Njiokou, F., Awono-Ambene, P., & Antonio-Nkondjio, C. (2012). Water Quality and Anopheles gambiae Larval Tolerance to Pyrethroids in the Cities of Douala and Yaoundé (Cameroon). Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2012(4), 1–10.
Antonio-Nkondjio, C., Tene Fossog, B., Ndo, C., Djantio, B. M., Togouet, S. Z., Awono-Ambene, P., Costantini, C., Wondji, C. S., & Ranson, H. (2011). Anopheles gambiae distribution and insecticide resistance in the cities of Douala and Yaoundé (Cameroon): influence of urban agriculture and pollution. Malaria Journal, 10, 154.
Antonio-Nkondjio, C., Ndo, C., Costantini, C., Awono-Ambene, P., Fontenille, D., & Simard, F. (2009). Distribution and larval habitat characterization of Anopheles moucheti, Anopheles nili, and other malaria vectors in river networks of southern Cameroon. Acta Tropica, 112(3), 270–276.
Ayala, D., Costantini, C., Ose, K., Kamdem, G. C., Antonio-Nkondjio, C., Agbor, J.-P., Awono-Ambene, P., Fontenille, D., & Simard, F. (2009). Habitat suitability and ecological niche profile of major malaria vectors in Cameroon. Malaria Journal, 8, 307.
Gray, E. M., Rocca, K. A. C., Costantini, C., & Besansky, N. J. (2009). Inversion 2La is associated with enhanced desiccation resistance in Anopheles gambiae. Malaria Journal, 8, 215.
Rocca, K. A. C., Gray, E. M., Costantini, C., & Besansky, N. J. (2009). 2La chromosomal inversion enhances thermal tolerance of Anopheles gambiae larvae. Malaria Journal, 8, 147.
Costantini, C., Pombi, M., Palladino, C., Coluzzi, M., & Sagnon, N. (2002). Distribution of Anopheles gambiae taxa in relation to the water chemistry of larval breeding sites in an arid savanna area of Burkina Faso. Parassitologia, 44, 53–53.
Palladino, C., Sagnon, N., Petrarca, V., della Torre, A., Coluzzi, M., & Costantini, C. (2002). Frequencies of Anopheles gambiae taxa in larval and imaginal samples of a sudan savanna village of Burkina Faso indicate inter-and intra-specific differences in adult resting behaviour. Parassitologia, 44, 124–124.
Ecological divergence, speciation and genomic architecture
Small, S. T., Costantini, C., Sagnon, N., Guelbeogo, W. M., Emrich, S. J., Kern, A. D., Fontaine, M. C., & Besansky, N. J. (2023). Standing genetic variation and chromosome differences drove rapid ecotype formation in a major malaria mosquito. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120(11), e2219835120.
Small, S. T., Costantini, C., Sagnon, N., Guelbeogo, W. M., Emrich, S. J., Kern, A. D., Fontaine, M. C., & Besansky, N. J. (2022). Standing genetic variation and chromosome differences drove rapid ecotype formation in a major malaria vector. bioRxiv.
Clarkson, C. S., Miles, A., Harding, N. J., Lucas, E. R., Battey, C. J., Amaya-Romero, J. E., Kern, A. D., Fontaine, M. C., Donnelly, M. J., Lawniczak, M. K. N., Kwiatkowski, D. P., Ayala, D., Besansky, N. J., Burt, A., Caputo, B., della Torre, A., Godfray, H. C. J., Hahn, M. W., Midega, J., … Henrichs, C. (2020). Genome variation and population structure among 1142 mosquitoes of the African malaria vector species Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles coluzzii. Genome Research, 30(10), 1533–1546.
Barrón, M. G., Paupy, C., Rahola, N., Akone-Ella, O., Ngangue, M.-F., Wilson-Bahun, T. A., Pombi, M., Kengne, P., Costantini, C., Simard, F., Gonzalez, J., & Ayala, D. (2019). A new species in the major malaria vector complex sheds light on reticulated species evolution. Scientific Reports, 9, 14753.
Barrón, M. G., Paupy, C., Rahola, N., Akone-Ella, O., Ngangue, M.-F., Wilson-Bahun, T. A., Pombi, M., Kengne, P., Costantini, C., Simard, F., Gonzalez, J., & Ayala, D. (2018). A new species in the Anopheles gambiae complex reveals new evolutionary relationships between vector and non-vector species. bioRxiv.
Miles, A., Harding, N. J., Botta, G., Clarkson, C., Antao, T., Kozak, K., Schrider, D., Kern, A., Redmond, S. N., Sharakhov, I., Pearson, R., Bergey, C., Fontaine, M., Troco, A., Diabaté, A., Costantini, C., Rohatgi, K., Elissa, N., Coulibaly, M. B., … Kwiatkowski, D. (2017). Natural diversity of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Nature, 552, 96–100.
Pombi, M., Kengne, P., Gimonneau, G., Tene Fossog, B., Ayala, D., Kamdem, G. C., Santolamazza, F., Guelbeogo, W. M., Sagnon, N., Petrarca, V., Fontenille, D., Besansky, N. J., Antonio-Nkondjio, C., Dabiré, K. R., della Torre, A., Simard, F., & Costantini, C. (2017). Dissecting functional components of reproductive isolation among closely related sympatric species of the Anopheles gambiae complex. Evolutionary Applications, 10(10), 1102–1120.
Miles, A., Harding, N. J., Botta, G., Clarkson, C., Antao, T., Kozak, K., Schrider, D., Kern, A., Redmond, S. N., Sharakhov, I., Pearson, R., Bergey, C., Fontaine, M., Troco, A., Diabaté, A., Costantini, C., Rohatgi, K., Elissa, N., Coulibaly, M. B., … Kwiatkowski, D. (2016). Natural diversity of the malaria vector anopheles gambiae. bioRxiv.
Neafsey, D. E., Waterhouse, R. M., Abai, M. R., Aganezov, S. S., Alekseyev, M. A., Allen, J. E., Amon, J., Arcà, B., Arensburger, P., Artemov, G., Assour, L. A., Basseri, H., Berlin, A., Birren, B. W., Blandin, S. A., Brockman, A. I., Burkot, T. R., Burt, A., Chan, C. S., … Besansky, N. J. (2015). Highly evolvable malaria vectors: The genomes of 16 Anopheles mosquitoes. Science, 347(6217), 1258522.
Tene Fossog, B., Ayala, D., Acevedo, P., Kengne, P., Ngomo Abeso Mebuy, I., Makanga, B., Magnus, J., Awono-Ambene, P., Njiokou, F., Pombi, M., Antonio-Nkondjio, C., Paupy, C., Besansky, N. J., & Costantini, C. (2015). Habitat segregation and ecological character displacement in cryptic African malaria mosquitoes. Evolutionary Applications, 8(4), 326–345.
Cassone, B. J., Kamdem, G. C., Cheng, C., Tan, J. C., Hahn, M. W., Costantini, C., & Besansky, N. J. (2014). Gene expression divergence between malaria vector sibling species Anopheles gambiae and An. coluzzii from rural and urban Yaoundé Cameroon. Molecular Ecology, 23(9), 2242–2259.
Dabiré, K. R., Sawadogo, S. P., Diabaté, A., Toé, H. K., Kengne, P., Ouari, A., Costantini, C., Gouagna, L.-C., Pennetier, C., Simard, F., Baldet, T., Lehmann, T., & Gibson, G. (2014). Mechanisms of reproductive isolation between incipient species in the Anopheles gambiae species complex. Malaria Journal, 13(Suppl 1), O4.
Guelbeogo, W. M., Sagnon, N., Liu, F., Besansky, N. J., & Costantini, C. (2014). Behavioural divergence of sympatric Anopheles funestus populations in Burkina Faso. Malaria Journal, 13, 65.
Sawadogo, S. P., Namountougou, M., Toé, H. K., Rouamba, J., Maı̈ga, H., Ouédraogo, K. R., Baldet, T., Gouagna, L.-C., Kengne, P., Simard, F., Costantini, C., Gibson, G., Diabaté, A., Lees, R. S., Gilles, J., & Dabiré, K. R. (2014). Swarming behaviour in natural populations of Anopheles gambiae M and S forms: Review of 4 years survey in rural areas of sympatry, Burkina Faso (West Africa) [Article]. In J. Beier, R. S. Lees, D. D. Chadee, & J. R. L. Gilles (Eds.), Biology and behaviour of male mosquitoes in relation to new approaches to control disease transmitting mosquitoes (Vol. 132, pp. S42–S52). Elsevier B.V.
Dabiré, K. R., Sawadogo, S. P., Diabaté, A., Toé, H. K., Kengne, P., Ouari, A., Costantini, C., Gouagna, L.-C., Simard, F., Baldet, T., Lehmann, T., & Gibson, G. (2013). Assortative mating in mixed swarms of the mosquito Anopheles gambiae s.s. M and S molecular forms, in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 27(3), 298–312.
Sawadogo, S. P., Costantini, C., Pennetier, C., Diabaté, A., Gibson, G., & Dabiré, K. R. (2013). Differences in timing of mating swarms in sympatric populations of Anopheles coluzzii and Anopheles gambiae s.s. (formerly An. gambiae M and S molecular forms) in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Parasites & Vectors, 6, 275.
Deitz, K. C., Athrey, G., Reddy, M. R., Overgaard, H. J., Matias, A., Jawara, M., della Torre, A., Petrarca, V., Pinto, J., E Kiszewski, A., Kengne, P., Costantini, C., Caccone, A., & Slotman, M. A. (2012). Genetic isolation within the malaria mosquito Anopheles melas. Molecular Ecology, 21(18), 4498–4513.
Kamdem, C., Tene Fossog, B., Simard, F., Etouna, J., Ndo, C., Kengne, P., Boussès, P., Etoa, F.-X., Awono-Ambene, P., Fontenille, D., & al., et. (2012). Anthropogenic habitat disturbance and ecological divergence between incipient species of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae. PLoS ONE, 7(6), e39453.
Reidenbach, K. R., Neafsey, D. E., Costantini, C., Sagnon, N., Simard, F., Ragland, G. J., Egan, S. P., Feder, J. L., Muskavitch, M. A. T., & Besansky, N. J. (2012). Patterns of Genomic Differentiation between Ecologically Differentiated M and S Forms of Anopheles gambiae in West and Central Africa. Genome Biology and Evolution, 4(12), 1202–1212.
White, B. J., Lawniczak, M. K. N., Cheng, C., Coulibaly, M. B., Wilson, M. D., Sagnon, N., Costantini, C., Simard, F., Christophides, G. K., & Besansky, N. J. (2011). Adaptive divergence between incipient species of Anopheles gambiae increases resistance to Plasmodium. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108(1), 244–249.
Lobo, N. F., Sangaré, D. M., Regier, A. A., Reidenbach, K. R., Bretz, D. A., Sharakhova, M. V., Emrich, S. J., Traoré, S. F., Costantini, C., Besansky, N. J., & Collins, F. H. (2010). Breakpoint structure of the Anopheles gambiae 2Rb chromosomal inversion. Malaria Journal, 9, 293.
Neafsey, D. E., Lawniczak, M. K. N., Park, D. J., Redmond, S. N., Coulibaly, M. B., Traoré, S. F., Sagnon, N., Costantini, C., Johnson, C., Wiegand, R. C., Collins, F. H., Lander, E. S., Wirth, D. F., Kafatos, F. C., Besansky, N. J., Christophides, G. K., & Muskavitch, M. A. T. (2010). SNP Genotyping Defines Complex Gene-Flow Boundaries Among African Malaria Vector Mosquitoes. Science, 330(6003), 514–517.
White, B. J., Cheng, C., Simard, F., Costantini, C., & Besansky, N. J. (2010). Genetic association of physically unlinked islands of genomic divergence in incipient species of Anopheles gambiae. Molecular Ecology, 19(5), 925–939.
Costantini, C., Ayala, D., Guelbeogo, W. M., Pombi, M., Some, C. Y., Bassolé, I. H. N., Ose, K., Fotsing, J.-M., Sagnon, N., Fontenille, D., Besansky, N. J., & Simard, F. (2009). Living at the edge: biogeographic patterns of habitat segregation conform to speciation by niche expansion in Anopheles gambiae. BMC Ecology, 9, 16.
Guelbeogo, W. M., Sagnon, N., Grushko, O., Yameogo, M. A., Boccolini, D., Besansky, N. J., & Costantini, C. (2009). Seasonal distribution of Anopheles funestus chromosomal forms from Burkina Faso. Malaria Journal, 8, 239.
Simard, F., Ayala, D., Kamdem, G. C., Pombi, M., Etouna, J., Ose, K., Fotsing, J.-M., Fontenille, D., Besansky, N. J., & Costantini, C. (2009). Ecological niche partitioning between Anopheles gambiae molecular forms in Cameroon: the ecological side of speciation. BMC Ecology, 9, 17.
Cassone, B. J., Mouline, K., Hahn, M. W., White, B. J., Pombi, M., Simard, F., Costantini, C., & Besansky, N. J. (2008). Differential gene expression in incipient species of Anopheles gambiae. Molecular Ecology, 17(10), 2491–2504.
Pombi, M., Caputo, B., Simard, F., Deco, M. A. di, Coluzzi, M., della Torre, A., Costantini, C., Besansky, N. J., & Petrarca, V. (2008). Chromosomal plasticity and evolutionary potential in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto: insights from three decades of rare paracentric inversions. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 8, 309.
Caputo, B., Dani, F. R., Horne, G. L., Sagnon, N., Diabaté, A., Turillazzi, S., Coluzzi, M., Costantini, C., Priestman, A. A., Petrarca, V., & della Torre, A. (2007). Comparative analysis of epicuticular lipid profiles of sympatric and allopatric field populations of Anopheles gambiae s.s. molecular forms and An. arabiensis from Burkina Faso (West Africa). Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 37(4), 389–398.
Michel, A. P., Grushko, O., Guelbeogo, W. M., Lobo, N. F., Sagnon, N., Costantini, C., & Besansky, N. J. (2006). Divergence with gene flow in Anopheles funestus from the Sudan Savanna of Burkina Faso, West Africa. Genetics, 173(3), 1389–1395.
Barnes, M. J., Lobo, N. F., Coulibaly, M. B., Sagnon, N., Costantini, C., & Besansky, N. J. (2005). SINE insertion polymorphism on the X chromosome differentiates Anopheles gambiae molecular forms. Insect Molecular Biology, 14(4), 353–363.
Boccolini, D., Carrara, G. C., Dia, I., Fortes, F., Cani, P. J., & Costantini, C. (2005). Chromosomal differentiation of Anopheles funestus from Luanda and Huambo Provinces, western and central Angola. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 73(6), 1071–1076.
Guelbeogo, W. M., Grushko, O., Boccolini, D., Ouédraogo, A. P., Besansky, N. J., Sagnon, N., & Costantini, C. (2005). Chromosomal evidence of incipient speciation in the Afrotropical malaria mosquito Anopheles funestus. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 19(4), 458–469.
Michel, A. P., Guelbeogo, W. M., Grushko, O., Schemerhorn, B. J., Kern, M. K., Willard, M. B., Sagnon, N., Costantini, C., & Besansky, N. J. (2005). Molecular differentiation between chromosomally defined incipient species of Anopheles funestus. Insect Molecular Biology, 14(4), 375–387.
Michel, A. P., Ingrasci, M. J., Schemerhorn, B. J., Kern, M., Le Goff, G., Coetzee, M., Elissa, N., Fontenille, D., Vulule, J., Lehmann, T., Sagnon, N., Costantini, C., & Besansky, N. J. (2005). Rangewide population genetic structure of the African malaria vector Anopheles funestus. Molecular Ecology, 14, 4235–4248.
Stump, A. D., Fitzpatrick, M. C., Lobo, N. F., Traoré, S. F., Sagnon, N., Costantini, C., Collins, F. H., & Besansky, N. J. (2005). Centromere-proximal differentiation and speciation in Anopheles gambiae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 102(44), 15930–15935.
Stump, A. D., Shoener, J. A., Costantini, C., Sagnon, N., & Besansky, N. J. (2005). Sex-Linked Differentiation between Incipient Species of Anopheles gambiae. Genetics, 169(3), 1509–1519.
Boccolini, D., Carrara, G. C., Cani, P. J., & Costantini, C. (2002). Preliminary data on Anopheles funestus chromosomal polymorphism in a peri-urban site of Western Angola. Parassitologia, 44, 22.
della Torre, A., Costantini, C., Besansky, N. J., Caccone, A., Petrarca, V., Powell, J. R., & Coluzzi, M. (2002). Speciation within Anopheles gambiae–the glass is half full. Science, 298(5591), 115–117.
Sharakhov, I. V., Serazin, A. C., Grushko, O. G., Dana, A., Lobo, N., Hillenmeyer, M. E., Westerman, R., Romero-Severson, J., Costantini, C., Sagnon, N., Collins, F. H., & Besansky, N. J. (2002). Inversions and gene order shuffling in Anopheles gambiae and A funestus. Science, 298(5591), 182–185.
Dia, I., Boccolini, D., Antonio-Nkondjio, C., Costantini, C., & Fontenille, D. (2000). Chromosomal inversion polymorphism of Anopheles funestus from forest villages of South Cameroon. Parassitologia, 42(3-4), 227–229.
Dia, I., Lochouarn, L., Boccolini, D., Costantini, C., & Fontenille, D. (2000). Spatial and temporal variations of the chromosomal inversion polymorphism of Anopheles funestus in Senegal. Parasite, 7(3), 179–184.
Hackett, B. J., Gimnig, J., Guelbeogo, W. M., Costantini, C., Koekemoer, L. L., Coetzee, M., Collins, F. H., & Besansky, N. J. (2000). Ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS2) sequences differentiate Anopheles funestus and An. rivulorum, and uncover a cryptic taxon. Insect Molecular Biology, 9(4), 369–374.
Costantini, C., Sagnon, N., Sanogo, E., Coluzzi, M., & Boccolini, D. (1999). Chromosomal and bionomic heterogeneities suggest incipient speciation in Anopheles funestus from Burkina Faso. Parassitologia, 41(4), 595–611.
Boccolini, D., Sabatini, A., Sanogo, E., Sagnon, N., Coluzzi, M., & Costantini, C. (1994). Chromosomal and vectorial heterogeneities in Anopheles funestus from Burkina Faso, West Africa. Parassitologia, 36(Suppl. 1), 20.
Behaviour, host choice and chemical ecology
Ouédraogo, W., Zanre, N., Sombie, A., Yameogo, F., Gnémé, A., Sanon, A., Costantini, C., Kanuka, H., Viana, M., Weetman, D., McCall, P., & Badolo, A. (2024). Blood-feeding patterns and resting behaviour of Aedes aegypti from three Health districts of Ouagadougou city, Burkina Faso. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 111(6), 1295–1301.
Vantaux, A., Yao, F., Hien, D. F., Guissou, E., Yameogo, B. K., Gouagna, L.-C., Fontenille, D., Renaud, F., Simard, F., Constantini, C., Thomas, F., Mouline, K., Roche, B., Cohuet, A., Dabiré, K. R., & Lefèvre, T. (2021). Field evidence for manipulation of mosquito host selection by the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. Peer Community Journal, 1, e13.
Makanga, B., Costantini, C., Rahola, N., Yangari, P., Rougeron, V., Ayala, D., Prugnolle, F., & Paupy, C. (2017). “Show me which parasites you carry and I will tell you what you eat,” or how to infer the trophic behavior of hematophagous arthropods feeding on wildlife. Ecology and Evolution, 7, 7578–7584.
Nguyen, P. L., Vantaux, A., Hien, D. F., Dabiré, K. R., Yameogo, B. K., Gouagna, L.-C., Fontenille, D., Renaud, F., Simard, F., Costantini, C., Thomas, F., Cohuet, A., & Lefèvre, T. (2017). Can malaria parasites manipulate the odour-mediated host preference of their mosquito vectors? bioRxiv.
Nguyen, P. L., Vantaux, A., Hien, D. F., Dabiré, K. R., Yameogo, B. K., Gouagna, L.-C., Fontenille, D., Renaud, F., Simard, F., Costantini, C., Thomas, F., Cohuet, A., & Lefèvre, T. (2017). No evidence for manipulation of Anopheles gambiae, An. coluzzii and An. arabiensis host preference by Plasmodium falciparum. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 9415.
Vantaux, A., Yao, F., Hien, D. F., Guissou, E., Yameogo, B. K., Gouagna, L.-C., Fontenille, D., Renaud, F., Simard, F., Constantini, C., Thomas, F., Mouline, K., Roche, B., Cohuet, A., Dabiré, K. R., & Lefèvre, T. (2017). Field evidence for manipulation of mosquito host selection by the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. bioRxiv.
Lefèvre, T., Gouagna, L.-C., Dabiré, K. R., Elguero, E., Fontenille, D., Renaud, F., Costantini, C., & Thomas, F. (2010). Beer consumption increases human attractiveness to malaria mosquitoes. PLoS ONE, 5(3), e9546.
Lefèvre, T., Gouagna, L.-C., Dabiré, K. R., Elguero, E., Fontenille, D., Costantini, C., & Thomas, F. (2009). Evolutionary lability of odour-mediated host preference by the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 14(2), 228–236.
Lefèvre, T., Gouagna, L.-C., Dabiré, K. R., Elguero, E., Fontenille, D., Renaud, F., Costantini, C., & Thomas, F. (2009). Beyond nature and nurture: Phenotypic plasticity in blood-feeding behavior of Anopheles gambiae s.s. when humans are not readily accessible. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 81(6), 1023–1029.
Torr, S. J., della Torre, A., Calzetta, M., Costantini, C., & Vale, G. A. (2008). Towards a fuller understanding of mosquito behaviour use of electrocuting grids to compare the odour-orientated responses of Anopheles arabiensis and An. quadriannulatus in the field. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 22(2), 93–108.
Takken, W., & Costantini, C. (2006). The genetics of vector-host interactions [Chapter]. In C. Boëte (Ed.), Genetically modified mosquitoes for malaria control (pp. 137–145). Landes Bioscience.
Takken, W., Costantini, C., Dolo, G., Hassanali, A., Sagnon, N., & Osir, E. (2006). Mosquito mating behaviour [Chapter]. In Bridging laboratory and field research for genetic control of disease vectors (pp. 183–188). Springer Netherlands.
Tirados, I., Costantini, C., Gibson, G., & Torr, S. J. (2006). Blood-feeding behaviour of the malarial mosquito Anopheles arabiensis: implications for vector control. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 20(4), 425–437.
Besansky, N. J., Hill, C. A., & Costantini, C. (2004). No accounting for taste: Host preference in malaria vectors. Trends in Parasitology, 20(6), 249–251.
Costantini, C., & Diallo, M. (2002). Lack of evidence for primatophilic odour preferences of savanna populations of Anopheles gambiae and other malaria vectors. Parassitologia, 44, 52–52.
Costantini, C., Guelbeogo, W. M., Conte, M. P., della Torre, A., Sagnon, N., Seganti, L., & Coluzzi, M. (2002). Behavioural responses of Anopheles gambiae to oviposition semiochemicals from bacteria of larval breeding sites. Parassitologia, 44, 51–51.
Ricci, I., Santolamazza, F., Costantini, C., & Favia, G. (2002). Molecular characterisation and chromosomal mapping of transcripts having tissue-specific expression in the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae: Possible involvement in visual or olfactory processes. Parasitology Research, 88(1), 1–8.
Costantini, C., Birkett, M. A., Gibson, G., Ziesmann, J., Sagnon, N., Mohammed, H. A., Coluzzi, M., & Pickett, J. A. (2001). Electroantennogram and behavioural responses of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae to human-specific sweat components. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 15(3), 259–266.
Costantini, C., & Diallo, M. (2001). Preliminary lack of evidence for simian odour preferences of savanna populations of Anopheles gambiae and other malaria vectors. Parassitologia, 43(4), 179–182.
Duchemin, J.-B., Tsy, J.-M. L. P., Rabarison, P., Roux, J., Coluzzi, M., & Costantini, C. (2001). Zoophily of Anopheles arabiensis and An. gambiae in Madagascar demonstrated by odour-baited entry traps. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 15(1), 50–57.
Costantini, C., Sagnon, N., della Torre, A., & Coluzzi, M. (1999). Mosquito behavioural aspects of vector-human interactions in the Anopheles gambiae complex. Parassitologia, 41(1-3), 209–217.
Costantini, C. (1998). Determinants of Anopheles human-biting. Parasitology International, 47(Suppl.), 19–20.
Costantini, C., Sagnon, N., della Torre, A., Diallo, M., Brady, J., Gibson, G., & Coluzzi, M. (1998). Odor-mediated host preferences of West African mosquitoes, with particular reference to malaria vectors. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 58(1), 56–63.
Brady, J., Costantini, C., Sagnon, N., Gibson, G., & Coluzzi, M. (1997). The role of body odours in the relative attractiveness of different men to malarial vectors in Burkina Faso. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 91(Supplement No.1), S121–S122.
Gibson, G., Costantini, C., Sagnon, N., della Torre, A., & Coluzzi, M. (1997). The responses of anopheles gambiae, and other mosquitoes in Burkina Faso, to CO2—the start of a search for synthetic human odour. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 91(Supplement No.1), S123–S124.
Costantini, C. (1996). Introduction III: Odours for Host-Finding Mosquitoes [Chapter]. In G. R. C. Bock & G. Cardew (Eds.), Olfaction in mosquito–host interactions (pp. 124–131). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Costantini, C. (1996). Malaria vector-host interactions in West Africa. Parassitologia, 38, 99.
Costantini, C., Gibson, G., Sagnon, N., della Torre, A., Brady, J., & Coluzzi, M. (1996). Mosquito responses to carbon dioxide in a West African Sudan savanna village. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 10(3), 220–227.
Costantini, C., Sagnon, N., della Torre, A., Brady, J., Gibson, G., & Coluzzi, M. (1996). Differences in the response to host odours between Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles gambiae in West Africa. Parassitologia, 38, 100.
Biological rhythms and temporal ecology
Sangbakembi-Ngounou, C., Costantini, C., Longo Pendy, N. M., Ngoagouni, C., Akone-Ella, O., Rahola, N., Cornelie, S., Kengne, P., Nakouné, E., Patrice Komas, N., & Ayala, D. (2022). Diurnal biting of malaria mosquitoes in the Central African Republic indicates residual transmission may be “out of control”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(21), e2104282119.
Sangbakembi-Ngounou, C., Ngoagouni, C., Akone-Ella, O., Kengne, P., Costantini, C., Nakouné, E., & Ayala, D. (2022). Temporal and biting dynamics of the chromosomal inversion 2La in the malaria vectors Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles coluzzii in Bangui, Central African Republic. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, 986925.
Sangbakembi-Ngounou, C., Ngoagouni, C., Akone-Ella, O., Kengne, P., Costantini, C., Nakouné, E., & Ayala, D. (2022). Temporal and biting dynamics of the malaria vectors Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles coluzzii harboring the 2La inversion in Bangui, Central African Republic. Authorea.
Traoré, A. S., Porciani, A., Moiroux, N., Dabiré, K. R., Simard, F., Costantini, C., & Mouline, K. (2021). Effects of insemination and blood-feeding on locomotor activity of wild-derived females of the malaria mosquito Anopheles coluzzii. Parasites & Vectors, 14, 457.
Population ecology, demography and dispersal
Kamdem, G. C., Fouet, C., Etouna, J., Etoa, F.-X., Simard, F., Besansky, N. J., & Costantini, C. (2012). Spatially explicit analyses of anopheline mosquitoes indoor resting density: implications for malaria control. PLoS ONE, 7(2), e31843.
Michel, A. P., Grushko, O., Guelbeogo, W. M., Sagnon, N., Costantini, C., & Besansky, N. J. (2006). Effective population size of Anopheles funestus chromosomal forms in Burkina Faso. Malaria Journal, 5, 115.
Costantini, C., Li, S.-G., della Torre, A., Sagnon, N., Coluzzi, M., & Taylor, C. E. (1996). Density, survival and dispersal of Anopheles gambiae complex mosquitoes in a West African Sudan savanna village. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 10(3), 203–219.
Disease transmission and vector control
Mouline, K., & Costantini, C. (2025). Is ivermectin surviving expectations in residual malaria control? The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 25(4), P364–365.
Costantini, C., Chandre, F., Corbel, V., Moiroux, N., Simard, F., Sangbakembi-Ngounou, C., & Ayala, D. (2022). Reply to Wagman et al.: Data-driven assessments should establish the landscape of what is “within reach” of malaria transmission control. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(38), e2211931119.
Antonio-Nkondjio, C., Poupardin, R., Tene Fossog, B., Kopya, E., Costantini, C., Awono-Ambene, P., & Wondji, C. S. (2016). Investigation of mechanisms of bendiocarb resistance in Anopheles gambiae populations from the city of Yaoundé, Cameroon. Malaria Journal, 15, 424.
Fossog Tene, B., Poupardin, R., Costantini, C., Awono-Ambene, P., Wondji, C. S., Ranson, H., & Antonio-Nkondjio, C. (2013). Resistance to DDT in an urban setting: Common mechanisms implicated in both M and S forms of Anopheles gambiae in the city of Yaoundé Cameroon. PLoS ONE, 8(4), e61408.
Gouagna, L.-C., Bancone, G., Yao, F., Costantini, C., Ouédraogo, J. B., & Modiano, D. (2010). Impact of protective haemoglobins C and S on P falciparum malaria transmission in endemic area. Malaria Journal, 9(Suppl 2), O17–1.
Gouagna, L.-C., Bancone, G., Yao, F., Yameogo, B. K., Dabiré, K. R., Costantini, C., Simporé, J., Ouédraogo, J. B., & Modiano, D. (2010). Genetic variation in human HBB is associated with Plasmodium falciparum transmission. Nature Genetics, 42(4), 328–331.
Pennetier, C., Costantini, C., Corbel, V., Licciardi, S., Dabiré, K. R., Lapied, B., Chandre, F., & Hougard, J.-M. (2009). Synergy between Repellents and Organophosphates on Bed Nets: Efficacy and Behavioural Response of Natural Free-Flying An. gambiae Mosquitoes. PLoS ONE, 4(11), e7896.
Pennetier, C., Costantini, C., Corbel, V., Licciardi, S., Dabiré, K. R., Lapied, B., Chandre, F., & Hougard, J.-M. (2008). Mixture for controlling insecticide-resistant malaria vectors. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 14(11), 1707–1714.
Dabiré, K. R., Baldet, T., Diabaté, A., Dia, I., Costantini, C., Cohuet, A., Guiguemdé, R. T., & Fontenille, D. (2007). Anopheles funestus (Diptera: Culicidae) in a humid savannah area of Western Burkina Faso: Bionomics, insecticide resistance status, and role in malaria transmission. Journal of Medical Entomology, 44(6), 990–997.
Badolo, A., Ilboudo-Sanogo, E., Ouédraogo, A. P., & Costantini, C. (2004). Evaluation of the sensitivity of Aedes aegypti and Anopheles gambiae complex mosquitoes to two insect repellents: DEET and KBR 3023. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 9(3), 330–334.
Costantini, C., Badolo, A., & Ilboudo-Sanogo, E. (2004). Field evaluation of the efficacy and persistence of insect repellents DEET, IR3535, and KBR 3023 against Anopheles gambiae complex and other Afrotropical vector mosquitoes. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 98(11), 644–652.
Ascoli, V., Zambon, P., Manno, D., Guzzinati, S., Zorzi, M., Arcà, B., Costantini, C., & Coluzzi, M. (2003). Variability in the Incidence of Classic Kaposi’s Sarcoma in the Veneto Region, Northern Italy. Tumori, 89(2), 122–124.
Bassolé, I. H. N., Guelbeogo, W. M., Nebie, R., Costantini, C., Sagnon, N., Kabore, Z. I., & Traoré, S. A. (2003). Ovicidal and larvicidal activity against Aedes aegypti and Anopheles gambiae complex mosquitoes of essential oils extracted from three spontaneous plants of Burkina Faso. Parassitologia, 45(1), 23–26.
Pombi, M., Costantini, C., & della Torre, A. (2003). Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) a Roma: analisi sperimentale di parametri rilevanti in strategie di controllo. Parassitologia, 45(2), 97–102.
Ascoli, V., Manno, D., Guzzinati, S., Tognazzo, S., Zambon, P., Arcà, B., Costantini, C., & Coluzzi, M. (2002). La puntura di artropodi ematofagi quale possibile cofattore nella trasmissione di HHV8 (Human Herpes Virus 8) e nell’espressione del sarcoma di Kaposi. Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze Fisiche e Naturali, 13(2), 71–88.
Coluzzi, M., & Costantini, C. (2002). An alternative focus in strategic research on disease vectors: the potential of genetically modified non-biting mosquitoes. Parassitologia, 44(3-4), 131–135.
Coluzzi, M., Manno, D., Guzzinati, S., Tognazzo, S., Zambon, P., Arcà, B., Costantini, C., & Ascoli, V. (2002). The bloodsucking arthropod bite as possible cofactor in the transmission of human herpesvirus-8 infection and in the expression of Kaposi’s sarcoma disease. Parassitologia, 44(1/2), 123–129.
Pombi, M., della Torre, A., & Costantini, C. (2002). Larval biology and control of Aedes albopictus in a heavily infested area of Rome: Susceptibility to Temephos and its persistence in sewer drain basins. Parassitologia, 44, 141–141.
Methods, quantitative and computational approaches
Fraysse, R., Choquet, R., Costantini, C., & Pradel, R. (2023). Population size estimation with capture-recapture in presence of individual misidentification and low recapture. arXiv.
Montanez-Gonzalez, R., Vallera, A. C., Calzetta, M., Pichler, V., Love, R. R., Guelbeogo, W. M., Dabiré, K. R., Pombi, M., Costantini, C., Simard, F., della Torre, A., & Besansky, N. J. (2021). A PCR–RFLP method for genotyping of inversion 2Rc in Anopheles coluzzii. Parasites & Vectors, 14, 174.
Love, R. R., Pombi, M., Guelbeogo, W. M., Campbell, N. R., Stephens, M. T., Dabiré, K. R., Costantini, C., della Torre, A., & Besansky, N. J. (2020). Inversion Genotyping in the Anopheles gambiae Complex Using High-Throughput Array and Sequencing Platforms. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 10(9), 3299–3307.
Love, R. R., Pombi, M., Guelbeogo, W. M., Campbell, N. R., Stephens, M. T., Dabiré, K. R., Costantini, C., della Torre, A., & Besansky, N. J. (2020). Inversion genotyping in the Anopheles gambiae complex using high-throughput array and sequencing platforms. bioRxiv.
Lukindu, M., Love, R. R., Guelbeogo, W. M., Small, S. T., Stephens, M. T., Campbell, N., Sagnon, N., Costantini, C., & Besansky, N. (2020). High-throughput genotyping of common chromosomal inversions in the Afrotropical malaria mosquito Anopheles funestus. Insects, 11, 693.
Facchinelli, L., Valerio, L., Pombi, M., Reiter, P., Costantini, C., & della Torre, A. (2007). Development of a novel sticky trap for container-breeding mosquitoes and evaluation of its sampling properties to monitor urban populations of Aedes albopictus. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 21(2), 183–195.
Schielke, E., Costantini, C., Carchini, G., Sagnon, N., Powell, J., & Caccone, A. (2007). Development of a molecular assay to detect predation on Anopheles gambiae complex larval stages. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 77(3), 464–466.
Dia, I., Diallo, D., Duchemin, J.-B., Ba, Y., Konate, L., Costantini, C., & Diallo, M. (2005). Comparisons of human-landing catches and odor-baited entry traps for sampling malaria vectors in Senegal. Journal of Medical Entomology, 42(2), 104–109.
Sharakhov, I., Braginets, O., Grushko, O., Cohuet, A., Guelbeogo, W. M., Boccolini, D., Weill, M., Costantini, C., Sagnon, N., Fontenille, D., Yan, G., & Besansky, N. J. (2004). A microsatellite map of the African human malaria vector Anopheles funestus. Journal of Heredity, 95(1), 29–34.
Schemerhorn, B. J., Greeman, S., Banks, M., Vulule, J. M., Sagnon, N., Costantini, C., & Besansky, N. J. (2003). Dinucleotide microsatellite markers from Anopheles funestus. Molecular Ecology Notes, 3(4), 505–507.
Meunier, J.-Y., Antonio-Nkondjio, C., & Costantini, C. (2002). Le piège OBET et son utilisation dans l’étude des préférences trophiques des Culicidae. Bulletin de Liaison Et de Documentation–OCEAC, 35(2), 59–62.
Costantini, C., & Besansky, N. J. (2000). Molecular entomology in Africa. Parasitology Today, 16(1), 6–7.
Sinkins, S. P., Hackett, B. J., Costantini, C., Vulule, J. M., Ling, Y. Y., Collins, F. H., & Besansky, N. J. (2000). Isolation of polymorphic microsatellite loci from the malaria vector Anopheles funestus. Molecular Ecology, 9(4), 490–492.
Costantini, C., Sagnon, N., Sanogo, E., Merzagora, L., & Coluzzi, M. (1998). Relationship to human biting collections and influence of light and bednet in CDC light-trap catches of West African malaria vectors. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 88(5), 503.
Costantini, C., Gibson, G., Brady, J., Merzagora, L., & Coluzzi, M. (1993). A new odour-baited trap to collect host-seeking mosquitoes. Parassitologia, 35(1-3), 5–9.
Natural history and ornithology
Costantini, C. (2012). Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis and Royal Tern T maximus on Bioko, Equatorial Guinea. Bulletin of the African Bird Club, 19(2), 209–210.
Costantini, C. (1996). Supposed hybrid House × Tree Sparrow in northern Italy. British Birds, 89(10), 457–458.
Costantini, C., & Melletti, M. (1995). Picchio rosso maggiore – Picoides major [Chapter]. In A. Boano, M. Brunelli, F. Bulgarini, A. Montemaggiori, S. Sarrocco, & M. Visentin (Eds.), Atlante degli Uccelli nidificanti nel Lazio: Alula special volume (1–2) (pp. 84–85). Stazione Romana Osservazione e Protezione Uccelli.
Melletti, M., & Costantini, C. (1995). Picchio dorsobianco – Picoides leucotos [Chapter]. In A. Boano, M. Brunelli, F. Bulgarini, A. Montemaggiori, S. Sarrocco, & M. Visentin (Eds.), Atlante degli Uccelli nidificanti nel Lazio: Alula special volume (1–2) (pp. 86–87). Stazione Romana Osservazione e Protezione Uccelli.
Costantini, C., Melletti, M., & Papi, R. (1993). Osservazioni preliminari sulla biologia riproduttiva del Picchio dorsobianco Picoides leucotos lilfordi in Italia Centrale. Avocetta, 17(1), 81–83.
Costantini, C., & Melletti, M. (1992). Il Picchio dorsobianco, Picoides leucotos lilfordi, ed il Picchio rosso minore, Picoides minor, nelle faggete dei Monti Simbruini ed Ernici (Italia Centrale). Rivista Italiana Di Ornitologia, 62(3–4), 164–170.