Anopheles gambia
The current distribution and characterization of the L1014F resistance allele of the kdr gene in three malaria vectors (Anopheles gambiae, Anopheles coluzzii, Anopheles arabiensis) in Benin (West Africa)
... Studies carried out in Burkina Faso [11], Benin [12] and Côte d’Ivoire [13] have shown that the frequency of the L1014F resistance allele of the kdr gene is higher in Anopheles gambiae sensu lato (s.l.) in ...
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Status of insecticide susceptibility in Anopheles gambiae s l from malaria surveillance sites in The Gambia
... as were those from Mansakonko to deltamethrin (Table 1[27]). Although the number of mosquitoes assayed at Mansakonko and Kuntaur were low compared to other sites, the point estimates for percentage mortalities sug- gest ...
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Rapid high throughput SYBR green assay for identifying the malaria vectors Anophelese arabiensis, Anopheles coluzzii and Anopheles gambia s s Giles
... The Anopheles gambiae sensu lato species complex consists of a number of cryptic species with different habitats and behaviours. These morphologically indistinct species are identi- fied by chromosome banding. ...
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Emergence of knock down resistance in the Anopheles gambiae complex in the Upper River Region, The Gambia, and its relationship with malaria infection in children
... The Gambia [24, 25]. Anopheles gambiae ...River Gambia which corresponds with previous studies that reported ...27]. Anopheles arabiensis was more common near the river suggesting that their ...
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Dry season ecology of Anopheles gambiae complex mosquitoes in The Gambia
... The Gambia occurs mainly within a few months of each year, due to a single rainy season from June to October which creates breeding sites for three members of the Anopheles gambiae complex ...River ...
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Anopheles gambiae complex along The Gambia river, with particular reference to the molecular forms of An gambiae s s
... the Anopheles gambiae complex date back to more than 25 years ago, when Bryan and collaborators analysed the dis- tribution of the three sympatric members of the complex ...species Anopheles gambiae s.s. ...
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Status of insecticide resistance in Anopheles gambiae (s l ) of The Gambia
... Results: A total of 4666 wild-caught female adult mosquitoes were exposed to either permethrin (n = 665), deltame- thrin (n = 744), DDT (n = 1021), bendiocarb (n = 990) or pirimiphos-methyl (n = 630) ...
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Emergence of knock down resistance in the Anopheles gambiae complex in the Upper River Region, The Gambia, and its relationship with malaria infection in children
... The Gambia [24, 25]. Anopheles gambiae ...River Gambia which corresponds with previous studies that reported ...27]. Anopheles arabiensis was more common near the river suggesting that their ...
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Implications of low density microfilariae carriers in Anopheles transmission areas: molecular forms of Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles funestus populations in perspective
... are Anopheles species ...though Anopheles mosquitoes yield more infective stage larvae than Culex species, the latter is more efficient at ingesting and developing low-density mf (limitation) than the ...
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Infection of malaria (Anopheles gambiae s s ) and filariasis (Culex quinquefasciatus) vectors with the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae
... Many biological control agents have been evaluated against larval stages of mosquitoes, of which the most suc- cessful ones comprise bacteria such as Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis and B. sphaericus [18,19], ...
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Defining the larval habitat: abiotic and biotic parameters associated with Anopheles farauti productivity
... Hence, analyses of environmental habitat parameters for productivity are better served by looking for asso- ciations with the presence of larvae rather than the density of larvae. Significant associations of An. farauti ...
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Investigating insecticide resistance and knock down resistance (kdr) mutation in Dielmo, Senegal, an area under long lasting insecticidal treated nets universal coverage for 10 years
... of Anopheles susceptibility to insecticide while exploring insecticide resistance mecha- ...of Anopheles gambiae sensu lato (s.l.) and Anopheles funestus, the main malaria vectors, and to reduce ...
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Mutations in the voltage gated sodium channel gene of anophelines and their association with resistance to pyrethroids – a review
... is the loss of coordination and paralysis caused by the in- secticide, which are often accompanied by spasms and tremors [22]. This resistance mechanism was first observed in the housefly Musca domestica [52], where ...
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Prevalence and determinants of tobacco use among young people in the Gambia
... The Gambia has a 6-3-3 education system, comprising 6 years of lower basic (grades 1–6), 3 years of upper basic (grades 7–9) and 3 years of senior secondary (grades ...
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Changes in vector species composition and current vector biology and behaviour will favour malaria elimination in Santa Isabel Province, Solomon Islands
... In the inland village of Kolosori, An. solomonis was recorded as the dominant human biting anopheline. This is the first time this species has been found biting humans in appreciable numbers, prior to this there was very ...
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Culicoides Latreille in the sun: faunistic inventory of Culicoides species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Mayotte (Comoros Archipelago, Indian Ocean)
... Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Madagascar, Nigeria, Reunion Island, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe.. Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Egypt, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar[r] ...
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Privatisation of the shipping industry in Vietnam : the benefit, problems and proposals
... The aesthetic nature of the coastline has attracted a booming tourism industry over the years and provides a significant source of revenue for the country. Tourism contributes 12% to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). ...
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Genetic diversity and population structure of malaria vector mosquitoes Anopheles subpictus, Anopheles peditaeniatus, and Anopheles vagus in five districts of Sri Lanka
... Results: Anopheles subpictus s.l. specimens collected during the study belonged to two sibling species; An. subpictus ‘A’ (from all study sites except from Jaffna) and An. subpictus ‘B’ (only from Jaffna). The ...
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Acceptability of intranasal live attenuated influenza vaccine; influenza knowledge and vaccine intent in The Gambia
... The Gambia, provided an opportunity to study perceptions of intranasal LAIV between mothers whose children had recently received LAIV and women with no experience of ...The Gambia using intranasal LAIV in ...
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Shady business: understanding the spatial ecology of exophilic Anopheles mosquitoes
... Previous studies aimed at modelling the effect of land- scape characteristics on the distribution of mosquitoes have used a relatively large spatial scale of up to 1000 m to analyse the position of mosquitoes in the ...
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