Updated distribution of anopheline mosquitoes in Hokkaido, Japan, and the first evidence of Anopheles belenrae in Japan

Updated distribution of anopheline mosquitoes in Hokkaido, Japan, and the first evidence of Anopheles belenrae in Japan

Abstract Background In Hokkaido, northern island of Japan, at least seven cases of falciparum malaria were reported by 1951. A survey conducted at that time was unsuccessful in implicating any mosquito species as the possible vector. Although active anopheline mosquito surveillance continued until t...

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Main Authors: Kyoko Sawabe, Nozomi Imanishi-Kobayashi, Yoshihide Maekawa, Yukiko Higa, Kyeong Soon Kim, Keita Hoshino, Yoshio Tsuda, Toshihiko Hayashi, Naoko Nihei, Kenji Takai, Takeshi Kurihara, Mutsuo Kobayashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-09-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Anopheles hyrcanus group mosquitoes
Hokkaido Japan
ITS2 sequence
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-04995-w

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