Despite being phylogenetically very close to Anopheles gambiae, the major mosquito vector of human malaria in Africa, Anopheles quadriannulatus is thought to be a non-vector. Understanding the difference between vector and non-vector mosquitoes can facilitate development of novel malaria control strategies. We demonstrate that An. quadriannulatus is largely resistant to infections by the human ...

b a ckground : the present study was undertaken to compare the entomological situation by analyzing the blood meal of mosquitoes of canal irrigated and non-irrigated areas of bikaner in order to explore scientific information on the vector biology and malaria burden profile and to plan proper strategies for malaria control and eradication. methods : adult mosquitoes were collected and the abdom...

Malaria is a vector-borne disease transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes, in particular gambiae s.l. To identify malaria vectors and establish link between the presence of prevalence, study was carried out 7 localities Kara region: Lassa-Bas, Sarakawa, Kpindi Kozah prefecture Siou, Défalé, Ténéga Broukou Doufelgou prefecture. Two indicators were evaluated including prevalence rate as well consulta...

Anopheles gambiae, a major vector of malaria, is a complex of cryptic species and subspecies. A new study describes a remarkable behaviour that might contribute to sexual isolation in this species complex: males and females are much more likely to show harmonic convergence of wing beat sounds when courting individuals of the same type.

Anopheles gambiae s.s. Giles (Diptera: Culicidae), the primary African malaria vector, has been characterized at the subspecies level in Madagascar, where only the molecular form S and haplotype gIA occur. The haplotype gIC proposed by other authors was not observed amongst the 35 mosquito genomes sequenced. These S/gIA characteristics are also found on the Comoros archipelago and in continenta...

A 14-months survey was carried out to identify the species composition of Anopheles mosquitoes from Kampung Bongor, Grik, Perak. Adding to that, a preliminary one month mosquito population screening was done at Kampung Tepin, Serian, Sarawak. Consequently, the insecticide susceptibility status of a pyrethroid was tested against two selected species of Anopheles collected from these two location...

We report here a previously unrecognized mosquito species from the Republic of South Korea that is closely related to Anopheles (Anopheles) sinensis. We also present an rDNA ITS2-based method for identification of this and the other morphologically similar Anopheles from the country. The PCR assay is a multiplex of seven primers in a single reaction that unambiguously identifies all included sp...

The influence of body size of Anopheles gambiae s.s., Anopheles arabiensis, Anopheles merus, and Anopheles funestus on the transmission of Plasmodium falciparum was studied at 3 sites along the Kenyan coast. Adult mosquitoes were collected inside houses by pyrethrum spray collection (PSC) from April to September 2001. Wing length was measured microscopically to the nearest 0.01 mm as an index o...