The dominant Anopheles vectors of human malaria in the Asia-Pacific region: occurrence data, distribution maps and bionomic précis
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* Corresponding authors: Marianne E Sinka marianne.sinka@gmail.com - Simon I Hay simon.hay@zoo.ox.ac.uk
Parasites & Vectors 2011, 4:89 doi:10.1186/1756-3305-4-89
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A global map of dominant malaria vectors Marianne E Sinka, Michael J Bangs, Sylvie Manguin, Yasmin Rubio-Palis, Theeraphap Chareonviriyaphap, Maureen Coetzee, Charles M Mbogo, Janet Hemingway, Anand P Patil, William H Temperley, Peter W Gething, Caroline W Kabaria, Thomas R Burkot, Ralph E Harbach, Simon I Hay Parasites & Vectors 2012, 5:69 (4 April 2012) We describe the generation of a global map of the dominant vector species (DVS) of malaria created by combining evidence-based predicted distribution maps for individual species or species complexes. Image: The distribution of dominant malaria vectors in Africa.
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Xiao-Bo Liu, Qi-Yong Liu, Yu-Hong Guo, Jing-Yi Jiang, Dong-Sheng Ren, Guang-Chao Zhou, Can-Jun Zheng, Jing-Li Liu, Yun Chen, Hong-Sheng Li, Hua-Zhong Li, Qun Li Parasites & Vectors 2012, 5:58 (23 March 2012) This study reports on the breeding site characteristics of An. sinensis and related environmental and physicochemical parameters in a representative region of P. vivax malaria in China. Such information is required for the implementation of the ongoing malaria elimination campaign in China. Image: The pond in which the majority of An. sinensis larvae breed.
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Devojit K Sarma, Anil Prakash, Samantha M O'Loughlin, Dibya R Bhattacharyya, Pradumnya K Mohapatra, Kanta Bhattacharjee, Kanika Das, Sweta Singh, Nilanju P Sarma, Gias U Ahmed, Catherine Walton, Jagadish Mahanta Malaria Journal 2012, 11:76 (20 March 2012) This study of the genetic population structure of Anopheles baimaii, a main malaria vector in Southeast Asia, member of the Dirus Complex, is important as only few studies on this vector have been published. The population genetics approach asks interesting questions on how deforestation may affect gene flow.
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Blood-feeding patterns of Anopheles mosquitoes in a malaria-endemic area of Bangladesh Kabirul Bashar, Nobuko Tuno, Touhid Ahmed, Abdul Howlader Parasites & Vectors 2012, 5:39 (15 February 2012) Little information is available on the blood-feeding patterns of Anopheles mosquitoes in Bangladesh. Host blood meals were successfully detected in 1318 (53.66%) Anopheles samples belonging to 17 species. Anopheles baimai (Bi = 0.63) and An. minimus s.l. (Bi = 0.24) showed strong relative preferences (Bi) for humans among all hosts. Image:Mosquito collection using light trap.
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Sinnathamby N Surendran, Pavilupillai J Jude, Thilini C Weerarathne, SHP Parakrama Karunaratne, Ranjan Ramasamy Parasites & Vectors 2012, 5:34 (10 February 2012) Blood feeding Anopheles subpictus is common in the coastal areas of northern and eastern Sri Lanka.¿ An. subpictus is composed of four sibling species A - D that have been differentiated on cytological and morphological criteria and show differences in salinity tolerance and susceptibility to insecticides.¿ The numbers of ridges are one of the features used for identifying An. subpictus sibling species. Image: Adult An. subpictus species B feeding on human. The insert shows an An. subpictus egg with ridges.
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Sinnathamby N Surendran, Kanapathy Gajapathy, Vaitheki Kumaran, Tharmasegaram Tharmatha, Pavilupillai J Jude, Ranjan Ramasamy Parasites & Vectors 2011, 4:239 (22 December 2011) Anopheles annularis larvae were found and characterised
by DNA sequencing as belonging to the vector species A. An. annularis is a major vector in the vicinity of irrigation canals and tanks such as Chinnakulam in the dry zone of Sri Lanka. Image: Chinnakulam tank in Jaffna where Anopheles annularis larvae were found.
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