Zika virus is a newly emergent mosquito-borne flavivirus that has caused recent large outbreaks in the new world, leading to dramatic increases in serious disease pathology including Guillain-Barre syndrome, newborn microcephaly, and infant brain damage. Although Aedes mosquitoes are thought to be the primary mosquito species driving infection, the virus has been isolated from dozens of mosquit...

BACKGROUND Vector control is one of the most effective measures to prevent the transmission of malaria, a disease that causes over 600,000 deaths annually. Around 30-40 Anopheles mosquito species are natural vectors of malaria parasites. Some of these species cannot be morphologically distinguished, but have behavioral and ecological differences. Emblematic of this is the Anopheles gambiae spec...

High titen of antibodies agaiast Anopheles gambiae midguts were produced in New Znaland rabbits to identiff midgut targets for an antimosquito vaccine. The serum from one of 8 rabbits (designated R2B6) killed 71.60lo (Abbott's adjusted % mortality\ of An. gambiaewithtnT days. Mosquitoes ingesting R2B6 serum were unable to absorb their blood meal nutrients, resulting in reduced oviposition and e...

This Study Examined the Morphological identification and distribution of Anopheles Species in Gwagwalada Town, F.C.T, Nigeria. In carrying out this study a total of 2,929 specimens of the Anopheles mosquitoes consisting of 1,790 adults reared from larvae and pupae were identified using morphological characters. Anopheles gambiae s.l constituted the highest overall preponderance in the indoor re...

Little is known about the Anopheles species of the coastal areas of French Guiana, or their spatiotemporal distribution or environmental determinants. The present study aimed to (1) document the distribution of Anopheles fauna in the coastal area around Cayenne, and (2) investigate the use of remotely sensed land cover data as proxies of Anopheles presence. To characterise the Anopheles fauna, ...

Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) benarrochi s.l., Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) oswaldoi s.l., and Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) konderi s.l. collected in Acrelandia, state of Acre, Brazil, were identified based on morphological characters of the male genitalia, fourth-instar larvae, and pupae. Morphological variation was observed in the male genitalia of these species in comparison with specimens from other ...

INTRODUCTION: The muscoid fly Dermatobia hominis causes cutaneous myiases in mammals. Females of this species use a vector to carry their eggs to the host. This note describes Anopheles konderi acting as phoretic vector for D. hominis. METHODS: A female A. konderi carrying D. hominis was collected using light traps in Oriximiná, Pará, Brazil. The A. konderi specimen was identified at morpholo...

In this study, two mitochondrial genes, cyt b and ND5, and the D2 expansion segment of the 28S nuclear ribosomal gene were used to reconstruct a phylogeny of the mosquito subfamily Anophelinae. The ingroup consisted of all three genera of Anophelinae and five of six subgenera of Anopheles. Six genera of Culicinae were used as the outgroup. Extreme conservation at the protein level coupled with ...

Artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum parasites are rapidly spreading in Southeast Asia, yet nothing is known about their transmission. This knowledge gap and the possibility that these parasites will spread to Africa endanger global efforts to eliminate malaria. Here we produce gametocytes from parasite clinical isolates that displayed artemisinin resistance in patients and in vitro, and...

4. Myzomyia Rossi (Giles). Very common.12 5. Cellia pulcherrima. Very common.4 6. Mysomyia Turkhudi (Liston). Three specimens only 14 7. Myzorhynchus sinensis (Wied). Three specimens only 3 8. Nyssorhynchus Jamesi (Theobald). Very scarce; three specimens." 9. Nyssorhynchus Maculipalpis. One specimen.7 10. Myzorhynchus barbirostris (Wulp). Larva only found/2 (There are three more species in my c...