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Mosquito Vectors

Mosquito Vectors: Mosquitoes that can transmit diseases to humans or animals.
This term encompasses a wide range of mosquito species capable of serving as vectors for pathogens such as malaria, dengue, Zika, and others.
Understanding the biology, behavior, and ecology of these mosqutio vectors is crucial for developing effective prevention and control strategies against vector-borne diseases.
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Most cited protocols related to «Mosquito Vectors»

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Malaria Epidemiology and Treatment in Mimika, Indonesia
Cited 34 times
The Mimika district lies on the southern coast of Papua in Eastern Indonesia (Figure 1), covering an area of 21,522 square-kilometres with 12 sub-districts and 85 villages. The area is largely forested with both coastal and mountainous areas. Each year a total of approximately 5.5 metres of rainfall is recorded with peaks in July to September and December (unpublished data). At the last census in 2004, the population in the lowlands was reported as 130,000. One hospital, the Rumah Sakit Mitra Masyarakat (RSMM) in the town of Timika, services the whole district and is the only hospital available for the lowland population. Due to the presence of a local mine, there is economic migration, with the local population increasing by an estimated 16% per year. This has resulted in the diverse ethnic origin of the local population, with highland Papuans, lowland Papuans and non-Papuans all resident in the region. Healthcare for the population is provided by the public clinics of the local ministry of health, the Public Health Malaria Control programme (PHMC) of the mine, the RSMM hospital and the private sector.
Malaria transmission is perennial, but restricted to the lowland area where it is associated with three mosquito vectors: Anopheles koliensis, Anopheles farauti and Anopheles punctulatus [11 (link),12 (link)]. Entomological inoculation rates vary between 1 and 4 infected bites per year (unpublished data). Bed net coverage is estimated to be approximately 40%. In view of the high number of infections in non-immune patients, local protocols recommend that all patients with patent parasitaemia at any level are given antimalarial therapy. At the time of the study local treatment guidelines advocated chloroquine plus sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine for P. falciparum and chloroquine monotherapy for non-falciparum malaria. An assessment of local treatment regimens in 2004 highlighted that the day-28 cure rate of chloroquine monotherapy was less than 35% for patients with P. vivax and that of chloroquine plus sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine was only 52% for patients with P. falciparum [7 (link)]. Local and national guidelines also recommend that patients with P. vivax parasitaemia over 1 years old, receive 14 days unsupervised treatment with primaquine, however adherence to and effectiveness of this regimen in this setting is not known.
Karyana M., Burdarm L., Yeung S., Kenangalem E., Wariker N., Maristela R., Umana K.G., Vemuri R., Okoseray M.J., Penttinen P.M., Ebsworth P., Sugiarto P., Anstey N.M., Tjitra E, & Price R.N. (2008). Malaria morbidity in Papua Indonesia, an area with multidrug resistant Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum. Malaria Journal, 7, 148.
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Publication 2008
Anopheles Antimalarials Bites Chloroquine Infection Malaria Malaria, Falciparum Mosquito Vectors Parasitemia Patients Primaquine Private Sector sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine Transmission, Communicable Disease Treatment Protocols Vaccination
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Comparing Artemether-Lumefantrine and Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine for Malaria
Cited 24 times

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Publication 2007
Adult Anopheles Antimalarials artemisinine artenimol Child Chloroquine chrysarobin Coartem Coinfection Combined Modality Therapy Ethics Committees Ethics Committees, Research Hypersensitivity Infection Lumefantrine, Artemether Malaria Microscopy Mosquito Vectors Parasitemia Parasites Parent Patients Pharmaceutical Preparations piperaquine Recrudescence Transmission, Communicable Disease Visually Impaired Persons
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Malaria Transmission Patterns in Papua, Indonesia
Cited 16 times
The study was carried out at an established rural outpatient clinic west of the city of Timika in southern Papua, Indonesia. This forested lowland area has unstable malaria transmission associated with three mosquito vectors: Anopheles koliensis, A. farauti and A. punctulatus (Lee et al., 1980 (link), Pribadi et al., 1998 (link)). The annual incidence of malaria is 620 per 1000 per year, divided 55:45 between P. falciparum and P. vivax infections (Peter Ebsworth, personal communication). Owing to economic migration, the ethnic origin of the local population is diverse, with highland Papuans, lowland Papuans and non-Papuans all resident in the region. In view of the high number of infections in non-immune patients, local protocols recommend that all patients with patent parasitaemia are given antimalarial therapy.
Ratcliff A., Siswantoro H., Kenangalem E., Wuwung M., Brockman A., Edstein M.D., Laihad F., Ebsworth E.P., Anstey N.M., Tjitra E, & Price R.N. (2007). Therapeutic response of multidrug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax to chloroquine and sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine in southern Papua, Indonesia. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 101(4-4), 351-359.
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Publication 2007
Anopheles Antimalarials Infection Malaria Mosquito Vectors Parasitemia Patients Therapeutics Transmission, Communicable Disease
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Malaria Epidemiology in Papua, Indonesia
Cited 14 times
The study was carried out at Rumah Sakit Mitra Masyarakat (RSMM) hospital, Timika, in the southern lowlands of Papua, Indonesia. The hospital has 110 beds with a high-dependency unit and an emergency department open 24 h a day. The outpatient department reviews approximately 300 patients per day, 6 d per week. RSMM is the only hospital in the district, servicing a population of approximately 150,000 people spread over an area of 21,522 km2. The area is largely forested with both coastal and mountainous areas. Malaria transmission is restricted to the lowland area where it is associated with three mosquito vectors: Anopheles koliensis, An. Farauti, and An. punctulatus [11 (link),12 (link)]. The annual incidence of malaria in the region is 885 per 1,000 person years, divided 62:38 between P. falciparum and P. vivax infections (unpublished data). In 2005 a household survey rate found 7.4% of respondents to be positive for P. falciparum, 6.4% for P. vivax, and 1.9% mixed infection with both species (unpublished data). Due to economic migration the ethnic origin of the local population is diverse, with highland Papuans, lowland Papuans, and non-Papuan migrants all resident in the region. Hospital policy dictates that all patients presenting with history of fever and all pregnant women irrespective of symptoms should have a blood film examination for malaria.
Tjitra E., Anstey N.M., Sugiarto P., Warikar N., Kenangalem E., Karyana M., Lampah D.A, & Price R.N. (2008). Multidrug-Resistant Plasmodium vivax Associated with Severe and Fatal Malaria: A Prospective Study in Papua, Indonesia. PLoS Medicine, 5(6), e128.
Publication 2008
Anopheles Blood Coinfection Fever Households Infection Malaria Migrants Mosquito Vectors Outpatients Patients PER1 protein, human Pregnant Women Transmission, Communicable Disease
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Evaluating Synthetic Mosquito Attractants
Cited 13 times
In Kigoche village, five houses spaced apart at a distance of at least 25 m and at least 100 m away from rice paddies were selected for the study. A 5 × 5 Latin square experimental design preceded by a 5 d trial period was run to assess the potential of MB in attracting malaria and other mosquito vectors. The treatments, assigned to each of the five houses on rotational basis per night, included a human host, IB1, SB, MB, and an empty house i.e., the control. All components of the synthetic attractants, with the exception of carbon dioxide, were delivered via nylon strips (Okumu et al., 2010a (link)) and dispensed using MM-X traps. The traps were suspended 15 cm above a bed inside unimpregnated mosquito nets, and were operated using 12 volt batteries. One of the fans on the MM-X trap was disabled to prevent it from trapping mosquitoes. Mosquitoes were trapped by hanging an unlit CDC miniature light trap (Model 512; John W. Hock Company, Gainesville Fl., USA) operated on 6 V batteries (Gaston Battery Industry Ltd, China) beside and at 15 cm (Jawara et al., 2009 ) above the odor outlet tube of the MM-X trap, outside the bed net. Both MM-X and CDC light traps were hung on the foot end region of the beds in all cases (Mboera et al., 2000 (link)). Only one MM-X trap and one CDC light trap were used in houses where mosquito catches were based on synthetic attractants. Only one CDC light trap was used in houses occupied by human subjects. The volunteer slept inside a well tucked-in bed net with a CDC light trap suspended besides it. Whereas a total of five adult men aged 18–25 years volunteered to participate in the study, only one individual participated per night. The volunteers rotated over the treatments according to a random design. Each experimental night lasted from 1900 to 0630 h. After the experiments traps were disconnected from the batteries, the trapped mosquitoes were taken to the laboratory, where they were killed by freezing at −4°C. Traps were cleaned with 30% methanol solution before being reused. During experimental nights, the residents of the study houses were not present. Other houses in the village were occupied normally.
Mukabana W.R., Mweresa C.K., Otieno B., Omusula P., Smallegange R.C., van Loon J.J, & Takken W. (2012). A Novel Synthetic Odorant Blend for Trapping of Malaria and Other African Mosquito Species. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 38(3), 235-244.
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Publication 2012
Adult Ankle Carbon dioxide Culicidae Foot Homo sapiens Light Malaria Methanol Mosquito Nets Mosquito Vectors Nylons Odors Oryza sativa Sleep Voluntary Workers

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Evaluating Insecticide Susceptibility and Vectorial Competence of Mosquito Populations
Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were used in the present study. Various life table parameters such as fecundity, hatchability, pupation percentage, eclosion percentage and male:female ratio were recorded and are presented in graphical forms. For eggs and wing measurements, statistical t-test analysis for independent or correlated samples was performed using Vassar Stat software (http://vassarstats.net/). The mean and SEM were compared between populations. A p-value > 0.05 was considered non-significant for each parameter. Insecticide susceptibility was evaluated using the Prism GraphPad software package. The vectorial competence between the mosquito populations was analyzed using a non-parametric Mann-Whitney test using Prism GraphPad.

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Ghosh C., Kumar N., Kushwah R.B., M. S., Joshi S.G., Ramanjini C.K., Alalamath T., Srinivasan S., Subramani S., Kumar S, & Swain S. (2023). Enrichment of phenotype among biological forms of Anopheles stephensi Liston through establishment of isofemale lines. Parasites & Vectors, 16, 79.
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Publication 2023
Eggs Females Fertility Insecticides Males Mosquito Vectors Population Group prisma Susceptibility, Disease
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Estimating Aedes aegypti Mosquito Infestation
The vector infestation of the A. aegypti mosquito was estimated from the Building Infestation Index (BII), which assesses the risk situation of arbovirus transmission by measuring the population level of the vector when calculating the percentage of properties with the presence of larvae of this Culicidae within the total number of surveyed properties24
. The calculation is performed using the Rapid Index Survey for A. aegypti (Levantamento Rápido de Índices para A. aegypti – LIRAa) and the BII is classified as: satisfactory (<1%), alert (1–3.9%), and at risk (>3.9%)24
. These data were provided by the Environmental Surveillance of 1st GERES/SES-PE.
Aguiar-Santos M., Mendes L.G., dos Passos D.F., Santos T.G., Lins R.H, & do Monte A.C. (2023). Spatial analysis of Chikungunya fever incidence and the associated socioeconomic, demographic, and vector infestation factors in municipalities of Pernambuco, Brazil, 2015–2021. Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia (Brazilian Journal of Epidemiology), 26, e230018.
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Publication 2023
Arboviruses Cloning Vectors Culicidae Larva Mosquito Vectors Parasitic Diseases Transmission, Communicable Disease
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Malaria Transmission in Senegal's Sahel
The study was conducted during the peak malaria season (September to December) in 2017 in Thiès (Senegal; 14° 47′ 26″ north, 16° 55′ 29″ west), an area belonging to the Sahelian facies defined by a short malaria seasonal transmission (< 4 months). In this region, the entomological inoculation rate (EIR) is low, estimated to be < 5 [29 (link)], and malaria is mainly transmitted by Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles gambiae mosquito vectors.
Yade M.S., Dièye B., Coppée R., Mbaye A., Diallo M.A., Diongue K., Bailly J., Mama A., Fall A., Thiaw A.B., Ndiaye I.M., Ndiaye T., Gaye A., Tine A., Diédhiou Y., Mbaye A.M., Doderer-Lang C., Garba M.N., Bei A.K., Ménard D, & Ndiaye D. (2023). Ex vivo RSA and Pfkelch13 targeted-amplicon deep sequencing reveal parasites susceptibility to artemisinin in Senegal, 2017. Research Square.
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Publication Preprint 2023
Anopheles Anopheles gambiae Face Malaria Mosquito Vectors Vaccination
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Monitoring Mosquito-Borne Diseases in Guangdong

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Publication 2023
Adult Aedes Animals Biopharmaceuticals Chinese Climate Culex Culicidae Dengue Fever Dry Ice Electricity Females Forests Genes Homo sapiens Infection Mosquito-Borne Diseases Mosquito Vectors Oxidase, Cytochrome-c Protein Subunits PTGS1 protein, human Satiation Ultraviolet Rays
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Comprehensive Malaria Vector Occurrence Data
We revisit a recently published compendium of occurrence data for 22 species of Anopheles mosquitoes vectors of malaria in Africa [23 (link)]. While some of these data are resolved to finer taxonomy, we used the broadest possible definitions at the species level, treating Anopheles funestus sensu lato and sensu stricto as one species, and all members of the Anopheles gambiae complex—including An. gambiae s.l., s.s., M form, and S form—as another single species. (We elect not to stratify these further, given that some are a nested subset of others, in ways that would be challenging to develop ad hoc rules around.)
In total, the dataset comprises over a century's (1898–2016) worth of long-term, systematic entomological surveys from malaria programmes, as well as other opportunistic data collected by researchers, gathered from a mix of peer-reviewed publications, technical reports, theses, and archival records. Records span more than 1 year at the majority of sampling sites (61%), covering an average of 8.5 years between the first and last presence record (figure 1b). Parsed into unique spatio-temporal records, the dataset includes a total of 5 04 314 year-locality pairs, with an average of 22 923 records per species. While sampling fluctuates over time and increases during the Global Malaria Eradication Program (GMEP; 1955–1969), the dataset spans the entire century with an incredible level of detail (electronic supplementary material, figure S1).

(a) The elevational gradient in Africa (averaged to a 10 × 10 fold higher resolution for visual clarity; (b) sites of Anopheles mosquito occurrence in sub-Saharan Africa, where colour represents the maximum temporal span of observations.

For elevational data, we used the GTOPO30 global digital elevation model downloaded as a 30 arc-second resolution grid for Africa from Data Basin (www.databasin.org; figure 1a). We extracted elevation for each distinct occurrence record, using the ‘raster' package in R version 3.3.2. In each year, we extracted the highest-elevation and southernmost records by species. A total of 116 unique locality points, situated on coastlines or islands (e.g. Cape Verde), were beyond the spatial extent of the raster and so were not assigned elevational data.
Carlson C.J., Bannon E., Mendenhall E., Newfield T, & Bansal S. (2023). Rapid range shifts in African Anopheles mosquitoes over the last century. Biology Letters, 19(2), 20220365.
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Publication 2023
Anopheles Anopheles gambiae Culicidae Malaria Mosquito Vectors

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Mosquito Vectors: Mosquitoes that can transmit diseases to humans or animals, encompassing a wide range of species capable of serving as vectors for pathogens like malaria, dengue, Zika, and others.
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