Updated occurrence and bionomics of potential malaria vectors in Europe: a systematic review (2000–2021)

Parasites & Vectors

Table 4 Competence of potential malaria vector species to Plasmodium species and their involvement in local transmission events according to the available literature

Species	Plasmodium species (tropical strains)	Competence tested	Post-eradication autochtonous cases (Europe, Middle East)	References
An. atroparvus	P. falciparum	No		[62,63,64,65, 337]
	P. vivax	Yes		[64]
	P. malariae	Yes		[64]
	P. ovale	No	Suspected	[64, 67]
An. hyrcanus s.l.	P. falciparum	No		[83]
	P. vivax	Yes	Suspected	[19, 83]
	P. malariae	Unknown
	P. ovale	Unknown
An. labranchiae	P. falciparum	Low		[62, 63, 87, 90, 97]
	P. vivax	Yes	Yes	[95,96,97]
	P. malariae	Unknown
	P. ovale	Unknown
An. maculipennis s.s.	P. falciparum	Unknown
	P. vivax	Suspected	Suspected	[112,113,114]
	P. malariae	Unknown
	P. ovale	Unknown
An. messeae/daciae	P. falciparum	No		[10, 39, 64, 121]
	P. vivax	Low	Suspected	[10, 64, 123]
	P. malariae	Unknown
	P. ovale	Unknown
An. plumbeus	P. falciparum	Yes	Suspected	[155, 158, 159]
	P. vivax	Yes	Yes	[157, 158]
	P. malariae	Unknown
	P. ovale	Unknown
An. sacharovi	P. falciparum	Suspected		[64]
	P. vivax	Yes	Yes	[64, 107, 134,135,136,137]
	P. malariae	Unknown
	P. ovale	Unknown
An. superpictus	P. falciparum	Unknown
	P. vivax	Yes	Suspected	[10, 137, 140]
	P. malariae	Unknown
	P. ovale	Unknown

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