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Anopheles lesteri and Anopheles sinensis are two major malaria vectors in China and Southeast Asia. They ... and other traits associated with ecological adaptation and malaria transmis...
Research efforts to identify possible alternative control tools for malaria and African trypanosomiasis are needed. One promising...
Wickerhamomyces anomalus is a yeast associated with different insects including mosquitoes, where it is proposed to be involved in symbiotic relationships with hosts. Different symbiotic strains of W. anomalus di...
Decisions on when vector control can be withdrawn after malaria is eliminated depend on the receptivity or ... area to support vector populations. To guide malaria control and elimination programmes, the potentia...
Transmission-blocking vaccines (TBVs) are a promising strategy for malaria control and elimination. However, candidate TBV...
The Erratum to this article has been published in Parasites & Vectors 2017 10:84
Since 2008 indoor residual spraying (IRS) has become one of the interventions for malaria control in Ghana. Key partners in the ... of IRS have been the US President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) and AngloGold Ashan...
The malaria vector Anopheles culicifacies (sensu lato) is an important malaria vector in Southeast Asia which comprises of ... only a few forms have been identified as malaria vectors in various endemic countries...
Understanding population genetic structure in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae (s.s.) is crucial to inform genetic control and manage insecticide resistance. Unfortunately, species characteristics such as hig...
There have been recent reports of surge in resistance to insecticides in pocketed areas in Ghana necessitating the need for information about local vector populations and their resistance to the insecticides appr...
Chromosomal inversion polymorphisms play a role in adaptation to heterogeneous environments. Inversion polymorphisms are implicated in the very high ecological flexibility of the three main malaria vector species...
Dietary restriction extended longevity in accord with predictions, but protein : carbohydrate ratio had a negligible effect. We identified conditions that significantly extend longevity in malaria vectors, howeve...
Metabolic resistance of the major malaria vector Anopheles gambiae (s.l.) to insecticides is operationally significant, particularly in combination with target site resistance. However, detection of metabolic res...
MicroRNAs are small non-coding RNAs that are involved in various biological processes including insect development. Anopheles stephensi serves as primary vector of malaria parasite in Asia and exhibits holometabo...
Anopheles mosquitoes are vectors for malaria, a disease with continued grave outcomes for human health. Transmission of malaria from mosquitoes to humans occurs by parasite...
Novel transgenic mosquito control methods require progressively more realistic evaluation. The goal of this study was to determine the effect of a transgene that causes a male-bias sex ratio on Anopheles gambiae ...
Malaria is a serious public health concern worldwide. ... is a time-consuming aspect of the conventional malaria diagnosis toolbox. Malaria persists in many parts of the world, ... quicker model—but with improved...
Malaria is still a heavy public health concern...Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax..., parasitology and entomology have been combined to survey malaria transmission in two nearby villages.
Anopheles darlingi is one of the most important malaria vectors in the Americas. In this era of new tools and strategies for malaria and vector control it is essential to...An. darlingi. It reviews publications t...
The Indonesian Republic plans to relocate its capital from Jakarta to East Kalimantan, Borneo Island, in the next few years. This relocation may be associated with deforestation, decreased biodiversity, and an...
Analysis of the findings from the reviewed articles revealed 10 diseases transmitted by mosquitoes to humans across the study regions. Most of these diseases were recorded in the Northwest Region, followed by the...
Environmental disturbance, deforestation and socioeconomic factors all affect malaria incidence in tropical and subtropical endemic areas....Plasmodium; (ii) measure the effects of landscape on the number of Nyss...
The Thai-Myanmar border is a remaining hotspot for malaria transmission. Malaria transmission in this region continues year-round, ... and a minor peak in October-November. Malaria elimination requires better kno...
Since a large focus of human infection with Plasmodium knowlesi, a simian malaria parasite naturally found in long-tailed and...Plasmodium malariae using molecular techniques, to determine the presence of P. know...
Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) has been widely used to diagnose various infectious diseases. Malaria is a globally distributed infectious disease attributed...Plasmodium. It is known that persons i...
Malaria remains endemic in Cameroon, with heterogeneous transmission ... diversity and spatial distribution. The intensification of malaria prevention and control through the free distribution...Anopheles species...
Investigating malaria transmission dynamics is essential to inform policy ... dynamic from individual infections could be a reliable malaria metric in high transmission settings with marked variation in seasons o...
Malaria mixed infections are often unrecognized by microscopists...Plasmodium-mixed infection may lead to aggravated morbidity and increased mortality. The present study aimed to quantify the pooled proportion an...
Co-infection of malaria and intestinal parasites is widespread in sub-...Plasmodium parasite infection in a human induces a wide range of cytokine responses, including anti-inflammatory, pro-inflammatory as well ...
During blood meal, the female mosquito injects saliva able to elicit an immune response in the vertebrate. This immune response has been proven to reflect the intensity of exposure to mosquito bites and risk of i...
The evaluation of malaria transmission intensity is a crucial indicator for...Plasmodium falciparum infection in children living in an area of low endemicity. In three Senegalese villages, specific antibody (IgG)...
During the period of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, strong intervention measures, such as lockdown, travel restriction, and suspension of work and production, may have curbed the spread of othe...
Malaria still represents a significant public health problem...Plasmodium vivax is caused by point mutations in genes encoding dihydrofolate reductase (pvdhfr) and dihydropteroate synthase (pvdhps). In this study...
Apoptosis can occur in red blood cells (RBC) and seems to be involved in hematologic disorders related to many diseases. In malaria it is known that parasitized RBC (pRBC ... parasitized RBC (nRBC) apoptosis coul...
Although Plasmodium falciparum...infection is largely documented and this parasite is the main target for malaria eradication, other Plasmodium species persist, and these require more attention in Africa. Informa...
In southern Mexico, malaria transmission is low, seasonal, and persistent. ... many patients are affected by two or more malaria episodes caused by Plasmodium vivax..., we carried out a study to determine the tim...
Although the Republic of Namibia has significantly reduced malaria transmission, regular outbreaks and persistent transmission impede...Anopheles behaviors were evaluated in parallel in three malaria endemic regi...
The knowledge of mosquito species diversity and the level of anthropophily exhibited by each species in a region are of great importance to the integrated vector control. Culicine species are the primary vecto...
Insecticide-based vector control interventions in combination with case management with artemisinin-based combination therapy has reduced malaria incidence and prevalence worldwide. Current control methods focus ...
Sleeping under a net, particularly a long-lasting insecticidal net (LLIN), is associated with reduced malaria morbidity and mortality, but requires high coverage...Plasmodium falciparum...infection and a clinical...
Malaria control primarily depends on two vector control ... mosquitoes. However, some of the most important malaria vectors have developed resistance against the chemical...Anopheles arabiensis.
Malaria transmission persists despite the scale-up of...Anopheles gambiae (s.s....) as a dominant vector to other species as one of the factors contributing to the persistence of malaria transmission. However, th...
Anopheles sinensis, Anopheles anthropophagus, Anopheles minimus and Anopheles dirus are the major vectors of malaria transmission in China. Anopheles sinensis...is considered a secondary vector due to its relativ...
Current strategies to control mosquito-transmitted infections use insecticides targeted at various stages of the mosquito life-cycle. Control is increasingly compromised by the evolution of insecticide resistance...
Around half of the global population is living in areas at risk of malaria infection. Plasmodium vivax malaria has become increasingly prevalent and responsible for...P. vivax infection are vital for malaria tran...
Understanding the ecology of malaria vectors such as species composition and population...
Iran has recently initiated a malaria elimination program with emphasis on vector control...Anopheles stephensi...to DDT and current insecticides in Jask county as an active malaria focus in southeastern Iran.
Extra-Amazonian malaria mortality is 60 times higher than the Amazon malaria mortality. Imported cases correspond to approximately 90% of extra-Amazonian cases. Imported malaria could be a major problem if it ......
Malaria is transmitted when infected Anopheles mosquitoes take a blood meal. During this process, the mosquitoes inject a cocktail of bioactive proteins that elicit antibody responses in humans and could be used ...
Malaria is an endemic disease in Yemen and ... ,000 disability adjusted life years lost. Although malaria in Yemen is caused mainly by Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax, there are no sequence data availa...
Historically, the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of Bangladesh was considered hyperendemic for malaria. To better understand the contemporary malaria epidemiology and to develop new and innovative ... of the existi...
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