The Anopheles funestus group
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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Simultaneous identification of the Anopheles funestus group and Anopheles longipalpis type C by PCR RFLP
... Background: Anopheles longipalpis is morphologically similar to the major African malaria vector Anopheles funestus at the adult stage although it is very different at the larval ...An. ...
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Indoor collections of the Anopheles funestus group (Diptera: Culicidae) in sprayed houses in northern KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
... Methods: A sample of 269 Anopheles funestus s.l. was collected in Mamfene, northern KwaZulu-Natal, using exit window traps in pyrethroid sprayed houses between May and June 2005. Mosquitoes were identified ...
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Development of multiplex real time PCR assays for identification of members of the Anopheles funestus species group
... Background: The malaria vector and non-vector species of the Anopheles funestus group are morphologically very similar and accurate identification is required as part of effective control strategies. ...
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Preliminary survey on Anopheles species distribution in Botswana shows the presence of Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles funestus complexes
... of Anopheles diversity in several areas of Botswana. Anopheles arabiensis is confirmed to be widespread in all the sampled districts and to be vector of ...of Anopheles funestus group ...
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Preliminary survey on Anopheles species distribution in Botswana shows the presence of Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles funestus complexes
... of Anopheles diversity in several areas of Botswana. Anopheles arabiensis is confirmed to be widespread in all the sampled districts and to be vector of ...of Anopheles funestus group ...
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Molecular and physiological analysis of Anopheles funestus swarms in Nchelenge, Zambia
... An. funestus group swarms in Nchelenge, Zambia and adult male were characterized in regards to the stage of genitalia rotation as well as spe- cies ...An. funestus swarms in southern ...An. ...
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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 ...
Development of multiplex real-time PCR assays for identification of members of the Anopheles funestus species group
... which results in denaturisation of the PCR products and a resulting decrease in SYBR green fluorescence as the dye is released. A plot of the negative first derivative of the col- lected fluorescence against temperature ...
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Insights into malaria transmission among Anopheles funestus mosquitoes, Kenya
... Our data indicate high Plasmodium infection rates in An. funestus, affirming its role as the main vector relative to the other sibling species in the group (reviewed in [5]). Furthermore, we provide the ...
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An Integrated Genetic and Physical Map for the Malaria Vector Anopheles funestus
... 1996). The frequencies observed in both sexes are gen- erally comparable with the exception of chromosome 2 where in males markers AFUB30 and AFUB7 formed a separate linkage group not genetically linked to the re- ...
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Insecticide resistance status of the malaria mosquitoes: Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles funestus in eastern and northern Uganda
... Lira District was a previous control monitoring sur- veillance site, however, it was included in the new group of IRS districts when IRS operations transitioned from northern Uganda to northern and eastern Uganda ...
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Biting patterns and seasonality of anopheles gambiae sensu lato and anopheles funestus mosquitoes in Kamuli District, Uganda
... more Anopheles mosquitoes were caught biting humans in Budiope County than in the Bugabula zone, with ...both Anopheles gambiae ...and funestus group. Outdoor biting densities of ...
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Living on the edge: a longitudinal study of Anopheles funestus in an isolated area of Mozambique
... An. funestus were not identified to species by polymerase chain reaction, given that all specimens ex- amined in detail morphologically keyed out to this mem- ber of the group, its endophilic behaviour and ...
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Thermal limits of wild and laboratory strains of two African malaria vector species, Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles funestus
... Upper lethal temperatures (ULT) across the full range of stages, ages and species varied by c. 11 °C. In both species, larvae and pupae had the highest ULT, with An. arabiensis having more tolerant immature stages than ...
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First report of natural Wolbachia infection in wild Anopheles funestus population in Senegal
... Further phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA of newly discovered anopheline Wolbachia strains revealed that they belong to a new phylogenetic group called wAnga related to, but distinct from Wolbachia ...
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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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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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