Anthropogenic Factors Driving Recent Range Expansion of the Malaria Vector Anopheles stephensi

Anthropogenic Factors Driving Recent Range Expansion of the Malaria Vector Anopheles stephensi

The malaria vector Anopheles stephensi is found in wide tracts of Asia and the Middle East. The discovery of its presence for the first time in the island of Sri Lanka in 2017, poses a threat of malaria resurgence in a country which had eliminated the disease in 2013. Morphological and genetic chara...

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Main Authors: Sinnathamby N. Surendran, Kokila Sivabalakrishnan, Arthiyan Sivasingham, Tibutius T. P. Jayadas, Kalingarajah Karvannan, Sharanga Santhirasegaram, Kanapathy Gajapathy, Meena Senthilnanthanan, SHP Parakrma Karunaratne, Ranjan Ramasamy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
Anopheles stephensi
coastal zone
insecticide resistance
malaria
mosquito adaptation to anthropogenic habitats
mosquito range expansion
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00053/full

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