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The implementation of long-lasting insecticidal bed nets has differential effects on the genetic structure of the African malaria vectors in the Anopheles gambiae complex in Dielmo, Senegal

Malaria Journal, 2017
Background Mosquitoes belonging to the Anopheles gambiae complex are the main vectors of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. Among these, An. gambiae, Anopheles coluzzii and Anopheles arabiensis are the most efficient vectors and are largely distributed in ...
Seynabou Sougoufara, Cheikh Sokhna, Nafissatou Diagne, Souleymane Doucouré, Pape MBacké Sembène, Myriam Harry   +5 more
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The effect of water turbidity on the near-surface water temperature of larval habitats of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae [PDF]

, 2008
Water temperature is an important determinant in many aquatic biological processes, including the growth and development of malaria mosquito (Anopheles arabiensis and A. gambiae) immatures.
Paaijmans, K.P., Githeko, A.K., Takken, W., Jacobs, A.F.G.   +3 more
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Insecticide resistance in Anopheles arabiensis in Sudan: temporal trends and underlying mechanisms

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background Malaria vector control in Sudan relies mainly on indoor residual spraying (IRS) and the use of long lasting insecticide treated bed nets (LLINs).
Hiba Abdalla, Craig S Wilding, Luisa Nardini, Patricia Pignatelli, Lizette L Koekemoer, Hilary Ranson, Maureen Coetzee   +6 more
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An Estimation of the Entomological Inoculation Rate for Ifakara: A Semi-Urban Area in a Region of Intense Malaria Transmission in Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2003
An entomological study on vectors of malaria and their relative contribution to Plasmodium falciparum transmission in the semi-urban area of Ifakara, south-eastern Tanzania, was conducted.
Schellenberg, D, Lengeler, C, Sousa, CA, Mshinda, H, Arez, A P, Tanner, M, Armstrong Schellenberg, J, Kihonda, J, Lines, J, Alonso, P, Sousa, C A, Lopes, D, Drakeley, C, Arez, AP   +13 more
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Composition, blood meal sources, and entomological inoculation rates of Anopheles mosquitoes in an urban setting, central Ethiopia

Malaria Journal
Background Despite ongoing reports of malaria from health facilities in central Ethiopia, entomological evidence on local vectors remains scarce. This study investigated Anopheles species composition, host preferences, and entomological inoculation rates
Aynye Negesse, Girmay Medhin, Esayas Aklilu, Abebe Animut   +3 more
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Household-level and surrounding peri-domestic environmental characteristics associated with malaria vectors Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles funestus along an urban–rural continuum in Blantyre, Malawi

Malaria Journal, 2018
Background Malaria is increasing in some recently urbanized areas that historically were considered lower risk. Understanding what drives urban transmission is hampered by inconsistencies in how “urban” contexts are defined.
Nicole F. Dear, Chifundo Kadangwe, Themba Mzilahowa, Andy Bauleni, Don P. Mathanga, Chifundo Duster, Edward D. Walker, Mark L. Wilson   +7 more
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Using the human blood index to investigate host biting plasticity: a systematic review and meta-regression of the three major African malaria vectors

Malaria Journal, 2018
Background The proportion of mosquito blood-meals that are of human origin, referred to as the ‘human blood index’ or HBI, is a key determinant of malaria transmission.
James Orsborne, Luis Furuya-Kanamori, Claire L. Jeffries, Mojca Kristan, Abdul Rahim Mohammed, Yaw A. Afrane, Kathleen O’Reilly, Eduardo Massad, Chris Drakeley, Thomas Walker, Laith Yakob   +10 more
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The fitness of African malaria vectors in the presence and limitation of host behaviour [PDF]

, 2012
<p>Background Host responses are important sources of selection upon the host species range of ectoparasites and phytophagous insects. However little is known about the role of host responses in defining the host species range of malaria vectors.
Edgar M Mbehela, Mbehela, Edgar M, Daraja, Ally A, Daniel T Haydon, Reeve, R., Ferguson, H., Lyimo, Issa N, Reeve, Richard, Lyimo, I.N., Heather M Ferguson, Mbehela, E.M., Mbina, Kasian F, Kasian F Mbina, Ally A Daraja, Richard Reeve, Mbina, K.F., Haydon, Daniel T, Daraja, A.A., Issa N Lyimo, Haydon, D., Ferguson, Heather M, Reeve Richard, Reeve,, Mbina Kasian F, Mbehela Edgar M, Lyimo, N, Haydon Daniel T, Ferguson Heather M, Daraja, A, Haydon, T, Mbina, F, Ferguson, M, Lyimo Issa N, Mbehela, M, Daraja Ally A   +34 more
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Pyrethroid resistance/susceptibility and differential urban/rural distribution of Anopheles arabiensis and An. gambiae s.s. malaria vectors in Nigeria and Ghana.

, 2003
Resistance to pyrethroid insecticides and DDT caused by the kdr gene in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae Giles s.s. (Diptera: Culicidae) has been reported in several West African countries.
della Torre, A, Stich, A, Kristan, M, Curtis, CF, Fleischmann, H   +4 more
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Co-occurrence of native and invasive malaria vectors in anthropogenic habitats in Metehara, Ethiopia: Opportunities for urban malaria control

Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases
Local data are essential to understand the threat posed by invasive Anopheles stephensi and native malaria vectors on urban malaria transmission. This study investigated key bioecological features of invasive and native malaria vectors in Metehara town ...
Temesgen Ashine, Abena Kochora, Muluken Assefa, Nigatu Negash, Bedasa Gidisa, Elifaged Hailemeskel, Merit Alemayehu, Chaltu Assefa, Mihret Ebabu, Galana Mamo Ayana, Tedros Nigusse, Fikregabrail Aberra Kassa, Endashaw Esayas, Adane Eyasu, Sagni Chali, Adrienne Epstein, Fatou Jaiteh, John Bradley, Patricia Doumbe-Belisse, Alison M. Reynolds, Fekadu Massebo, Anne L. Wilson, David Weetman, Martin James Donnelly, Endalamaw Gadisa   +24 more
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