Entomological survey of sibling species in the Anopheles funestus group in Tanzania confirms the role of Anopheles parensis as a secondary malaria vector

Background Malaria transmission in Tanzania is driven by mosquitoes of the Anopheles gambiae complex and Anopheles funestus group. The latter includes An . funestus s.s., an anthropophilic vector, which is now strongly resistant to public health insecticides, and several sibling species, which remai...

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Published in:	Parasites & vectors Vol. 17; no. 1; p. 261
Main Authors:	Mapua, Salum Abdallah, Samb, Badara, Nambunga, Ismail Hassan, Mkandawile, Gustav, Bwanaly, Hamis, Kaindoa, Emmanuel Wilson, Odero, Joel Ouma, Masalu, John Paliga, Kahamba, Najat Feruz, Hape, Emmanuel Elirehema, Govella, Nicodem James, Okumu, Fredros Oketch, Tripet, Frederic
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 17.06.2024 BioMed Central Ltd BMC
Subjects:	Animals Anopheles Anopheles - classification Anopheles - genetics Anopheles - parasitology Anopheles - physiology Anopheles funestus Anopheles gambiae Antimalarials Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Care and treatment Control Diagnosis disease control DNA, Ribosomal Spacer - genetics Dosage and administration Entomology Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid Female Humans Identification and classification Infectious Diseases insect surveys Insecticides internal transcribed spacers Malaria Malaria - epidemiology Malaria - transmission mosquito vectors Mosquito Vectors - classification Mosquito Vectors - genetics Mosquito Vectors - parasitology Mosquito Vectors - physiology Parasitology Plasmodium Plasmodium - classification Plasmodium - genetics Plasmodium - isolation & purification Plasmodium falciparum Polymerase Chain Reaction public health ribosomal DNA Risk factors RNA, Ribosomal, 18S - genetics sibling species species diversity Surveys Tanzania Tanzania - epidemiology Tropical Medicine vectorial capacity Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science Virology Tanzania Malaria Tanzania Plasmodium Anopheles funestus
ISSN:	1756-3305, 1756-3305
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