The Anopheles funestus Complex
Preliminary survey on Anopheles species distribution in Botswana shows the presence of Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles funestus complexes
... Conclusion This study provides a first report on the spread and abun- dance of An. gambiae and An. funestus complex in Bot- swana. Additionally, there is evidence of An. arabiensis as malaria vector in ...
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Preliminary survey on Anopheles species distribution in Botswana shows the presence of Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles funestus complexes
... Conclusion This study provides a first report on the spread and abun- dance of An. gambiae and An. funestus complex in Bot- swana. Additionally, there is evidence of An. arabiensis as malaria vector in ...
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Molecular and physiological analysis of Anopheles funestus swarms in Nchelenge, Zambia
... reasoned that An. gambiae complex and An. funestus swarms differentiate from each other by the markers over which they swarm. All the adults were collected from the swarm every night, this did not appear to ...
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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
... gambiae complex and An. funestus. It is therefore not proper to extend findings from a given area to the other even for the same species. Additionally, other anatomical structures and immune factors other ...
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Efficacy of bifenthrin impregnated bednets against Anopheles funestus and pyrethroid resistant Anopheles gambiae in North Cameroon
... An. funestus female mosquitoes were collected in the ...An. funestus gradually increased in abun- dance at the end of the survey ...gambiae complex showed that the great majority of An gambiae ...
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Biting patterns and seasonality of anopheles gambiae sensu lato and anopheles funestus mosquitoes in Kamuli District, Uganda
... An. funestus group in Budiope ...locality. Anopheles funestus is known to breed all year round and prefer permanent, stagnant water bodies such as shores of rivers and creeks, swamps or fish ponds ...
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Malaria vectors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: the mechanisms that confer insecticide resistance in Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles funestus
... Luisa Nardini 1,2 , Richard H. Hunt 1,2 , Yael L. Dahan‑Moss 1,2 , Nanette Christie 3 , Riann N. Christian 1,2 , Maureen Coetzee 1,2 and Lizette L. Koekemoer 1,2* Abstract Background: The Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
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Effective population size of Anopheles funestus chromosomal forms in Burkina Faso
... An. funestus, one of the most anthropophilic vectors known, exploits permanent or semi-permanent breeding sites such as marshes or rice ...Valley complex, but little differentiation among populations within ...
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Living on the edge: a longitudinal study of Anopheles funestus in an isolated area of Mozambique
... gambiae complex, but that each species does or does not aestivate according to local ...An. funestus was found in places where seasonal rivers had remained as substantial shaded ponds, without evidence of ...
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First report of natural Wolbachia infection in wild Anopheles funestus population in Senegal
... Results: Here, is reported the first discovery of natural Wolbachia infections in Anopheles funestus populations from Senegal, the second main malaria vector in Africa. Molecular phylogeny analysis based on ...
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Analysis of esterase enzyme activity in adults of the major malaria vector Anopheles funestus
... Background: Anopheles funestus is a major vector of malaria in sub-Saharan ...adult Anopheles funestus Giles in order to better understand the complex biological processes in this ...
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Linear and Spatial Organization of Polytene Chromosomes of the African Malaria Mosquito Anopheles funestus
... Frutos, 1998 Ultrastructure of regions containing homologous Strausbaugh, L. D., and S. M. Williams, 1996 High density of a loci in polytene chromosomes of Drosophila melanogaster and SAR-associated motif differentiates ...
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of male and female Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles funestus, grouped according to age,
... Table S2. Trait comparisons at an experimental treatment of 25°C and 5% relative humidity between wild and laboratory strains of Anopheles arabiensis using a generalized linear model with quasipoisson distribution ...
Swarms of the malaria vector Anopheles funestus in Tanzania
... An. funestus swarms in the study area was associated with the unexpected low height of the swarms, given that this study had used previous knowledge of ...An. funestus swarms. Anopheles ...
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Detection of Anopheles rivulorum like, a member of the Anopheles funestus group, in South Africa
... Greater effort should be directed towards establishing the potential role of this species in malaria transmission, with particular regard to residual malaria. The negative results for P. falciparum from female An. ...
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Increasing insecticide resistance in Anopheles funestus and Anopheles arabiensis in Malawi, 2011–2015
... Pyrethroids are commonly used on cotton which is pri- marily grown in Karonga, Salima, Balaka and Chikwawa districts although this crop is grown throughout Malawi. Inclusion of a variable for cotton-growing districts in ...
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Environmental factors associated with the malaria vectors Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles funestus in Kenya
... An. funestus can have distinct ecological niches and require- ments within a relatively small geographical ...An. funestus larvae prevail in permanent vegetated aquatic habitats such as stream pools of ...
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Pyrethroid Resistance in an Anopheles funestus Population from Uganda
... funestus larvae are generally difficult to rear and therefore collection of field mosquitoes mostly relies on collecting blood- fed or gravid indoor resting females that are left to lay eggs. But quite often egg ...
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The impact of temperature on insecticide toxicity against the malaria vectors Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles funestus
... in Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles funestus were examined by exposing sus- ceptible and resistant strains of these species to the pyrethroid deltamethrin or the carbamate bendiocarb at 18, 25 or ...
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Increasing role of Anopheles funestus and Anopheles arabiensis in malaria transmission in the Kilombero Valley, Tanzania
... A previous study has shown that despite high coverage and usage of LLINs, a high proportion of mosquitoes still enter houses [64]. Therefore, the increase in An. funestus, particularly in the dry season, is likely ...
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