Anopheles arabiensis continues to be the primary vector of Plasmodium falciparum after decades of malaria control in southwestern Ethiopia by Nigatu Eligo, Teklu Wegayehu, Myrthe Pareyn, Girum Tamiru, Bernt Lindtjørn, Fekadu Massebo

“…Of 813 An. gambiae complex tested by PCR, 785 (97%) were Anopheles arabiensis, and the remaining 28 (3%) were not amplified. …”
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A field bioassay for assessing ivermectin bio-efficacy in wild malaria vectors by Ominde, KM, Kamau, Y, Karisa, J, Muturi, MN, Kiuru, C, Wanjiku, C, Babu, L, Yaah, F, Tuwei, M, Musani, H, Ondieki, Z, Muriu, S, Mwangangi, J, Chaccour, C, Maia, MF

“…Wild-caught&nbsp;<em>An. gambiae&nbsp;</em>s.l. were exposed to 85, 43 and 21&nbsp;ng/ml IVM in blood and 1:4 ratio of blood-10% glucose mixture. …”

RNAi by Soaking <i>Aedes aegypti</i> Pupae in dsRNA by Fiza Arshad, Arvind Sharma, Charleen Lu, Monika Gulia-Nuss

“…Except for one study in malaria mosquito, <i>Anopheles gambiae</i>, none of the previous studies has explored RNAi in mosquito pupae. …”
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SNP Genotyping Defines Complex Gene-Flow Boundaries Among African Malaria Vector Mosquitoes by Lawniczak, M. K. N., Park, D. J., Redmond, S. N., Coulibaly, M. B., Traore, S. F., Sagnon, N., Costantini, C., Collins, F. H., Kafatos, F. C., Besansky, N. J., Christophides, G. K., Lander, Eric Steven, Muskavitch, Marc, Neafsey, Daniel E., Johnson, Charles A., Wiegand, Roger C., Wirth, Dyann F.

“…Mosquitoes in the Anopheles gambiae complex show rapid ecological and behavioral diversification, traits that promote malaria transmission and complicate vector control efforts. …”
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Global transport networks and infectious disease spread. by Tatem, A, Rogers, D, Hay, S

“…This review briefly examines some of the important historical examples of these disease and vector movements, such as the global influenza pandemics, the devastating Anopheles gambiae invasion of Brazil and the recent increases in imported Plasmodium falciparum malaria cases. …”

Insecticide resistance in disease vectors from Mayotte: an opportunity for integrated vector management by Nicolas Pocquet, Frédéric Darriet, Betty Zumbo, Pascal Milesi, Julien Thiria, Vincent Bernard, Céline Toty, Pierrick Labbé, Fabrice Chandre

“…While no resistance to any insecticides was found in the two Aedes species, bioassays confirmed multiple resistance in Cx. p. quinquefasciatus (temephos: ~ 20 fold and deltamethrin: only 10% mortality after 24 hours). In An. gambiae, resistance was scarce: only a moderate resistance to temephos was found (~5 fold). …”
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Vectorial competence, insecticide resistance in Anopheles funestus and operational implications for malaria vector control strategies in Benin Republic by Romaric Akoton, Pierre Marie Sovegnon, Oswald Y. Djihinto, Adandé A. Medjigbodo, Romuald Agonhossou, Helga M. Saizonou, Genevieve M. Tchigossou, Seun M. Atoyebi, Eric Tossou, Francis Zeukeng, Hamirath O. Lagnika, Wassiyath Mousse, Ayola Akim Adegnika, Rousseau Djouaka, Luc S. Djogbénou

“…Unlike An. gambiae, An. funestus mosquitoes are poorly studied in Benin Republic. …”
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Anopheles mosquito diversity, entomological indicators of malaria transmission and challenges of morphological identification in southwestern Ethiopia by Adilo Assa, Nigatu Eligo, Fekadu Massebo

“…Anopheles species with some morphological similarity with An. gambiae complex or An. funestus group were tested using the primers of the two species complexes. …”
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Community evaluation of the physical and insecticidal durability of DuraNet® Plus, an alpha-cypermethrin and piperonyl butoxide incorporated mosquito net: protocol for a multi-coun... by Abel Agbevo, Idelphonse Ahogni, Benjamin Menze, Patrick Tungu, Elison E. Kemibala, Renaud Govoetchan, Charles Wondji, Germain Gil Padonou, Corine Ngufor

“…Nets withdrawn at 12, 24 and 36 months from each country will also be tested in experimental hut trials against wild free-flying pyrethroid resistant Anopheles gambiae sl in Côvè Benin to investigate the superiority of DuraNet® Plus over DuraNet® at each time point under semi field conditions. …”
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Identification, molecular characterization and expression of aminopeptidase N-1 (APN-1) from Anopheles stephensi in SF9 cell line as a candidate molecule for developing a vaccine t... by Javad Dadgar Pakdel, Sedigheh Zakeri, Abbasali Raz, Navid Dinparast Djadid

“…According to recent studies, the aminopeptidase N-1 of Anopheles gambiae (AgAPN-1) is as a potent vector-based VIMT with considerable inhibition activity against the sexual stage of Plasmodium parasite. …”
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‘We like it wet’: a comparison between dissection techniques for the assessment of parity in Anopheles arabiensis and determination of sac stage in mosquitoes alive or dead on coll... by Jacques D. Charlwood, Erzelia V.E. Tomás, Amanuel K. Andegiorgish, Selam Mihreteab, Corey LeClair

“…From a separate set of dissections from Tanzania, we also determined if the sac stages of Anopheles gambiae s.l. (83% of 183 identified by PCR being Anopheles arabiensis the remainder being A. gambiae) that were alive on collection were different to those that died on collection and what the implications for vectorial capacity estimation might be. …”
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Transmission indices and microfilariae prevalence in human population prior to mass drug administration with ivermectin and albendazole in the Gomoa District of Ghana by Fred Aboagye-Antwi, Bethel Kwansa-Bentum, Samuel K. Dadzie, Collins K. Ahorlu, Maxwell A. Appawu, John Gyapong, Michael David Wilson, Daniel Adjei Boakye

“…Annual transmission potential values for An. gambiae s.s. and An. funestus were 311.35 and 153.50 respectively. …”
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Genetic basis of pyrethroid resistance in a population of Anopheles arabiensis, the primary malaria vector in Lower Moshi, north-eastern Tanzania by Johnson Matowo, Christopher M Jones, Bilali Kabula, Hilary Ranson, Keith Steen, Franklin Mosha, Mark Rowland, David Weetman

“…Abstract Background Pyrethroid resistance has been slower to emerge in Anopheles arabiensis than in An. gambiae s.s and An. funestus and, consequently, studies are only just beginning to unravel the genes involved. …”
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Pattern of malaria transmission along the Rahad River basin, Eastern Sudan by Ibrahim Muntaser, Kweka Eliningaya J, Elzaki Mervet M, Himeidan Yousif E, Elhassan Ibrahim M

“…All specimens of <it>An. gambiae </it>complex identified by the PCR were <it>An. arabiensis</it>. …”
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Efficacy of local neem extracts for sustainable malaria vector control in an African village by Bomblies, Arne, Dafalla, Mustafa, Issa-Arzika, Ibrahim, Duchemin, Jean-Bernard, Gianotti, Rebecca Louise, Eltahir, Elfatih A. B.

“…Methods: This paper describes a method whereby seeds of the neem tree can be used to reduce adult Anopheles gambiae s.l. abundance in a way that is low cost and can be implemented by residents of rural villages in western Niger. …”
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Malaria: A Reemerging Disease in Africa by Thomas C. Nchinda

“…In Africa, malaria is caused by Plasmodium falciparum and is transmitted by Anopheles gambiae complex. Control efforts have been piecemeal and not coordinated. …”
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Physical Mapping of the <i>Anopheles</i> (<i>Nyssorhynchus</i>) <i>darlingi</i> Genomic Scaffolds by Míriam Silva Rafael, Leticia Cegatti Bridi, Igor V. Sharakhov, Osvaldo Marinotti, Maria V. Sharakhova, Vladimir Timoshevskiy, Giselle Moura Guimarães-Marques, Valéria Silva Santos, Carlos Gustavo Nunes da Silva, Spartaco Astolfi-Filho, Wanderli Pedro Tadei

“…Comparative analysis of the <i>An. darlingi</i> scaffolds with homologous sequences of the <i>Anopheles albimanus</i> and <i>Anopheles gambiae</i> genomes identified chromosomal rearrangements among these species. …”
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Chemical Diversity between Three Graminoid Plants Found in Western Kenya Analyzed by Headspace Solid-Phase Microextraction Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry (HS-SPME-GC-MS) by Linus Svenberg, Åsa Emmer

“…In recent work, it was shown that the graminoid plants <i>Cynodon dactylon</i> (<i>Poaceae</i>), <i>Cyperus exaltatus</i> (<i>Cyperaceae</i>), and <i>Panicum repens</i> (<i>Poaceae</i>) have an ovipositional effect on the malaria vector <i>Anopheles gambiae</i> in olfactometric bioassays. In order to get a view of the diversity of semiochemicals present in the environment of the vector during olfactometric trials, in the present work, the volatile profiles of these graminoid plants were analyzed using headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) together with gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS). …”
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Panoptes: web–based exploration of large scale genome variation data by Vauterin, P, Jeffery, B, Miles, A, Amato, R, Hart, L, Wright, I, Kwiatkowski, D

“…We illustrate its application using genome variation data of Anopheles gambiae, Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax.…”

Artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum clinical isolates can infect diverse mosquito vectors of Southeast Asia and Africa by St Laurent, B, Miller, B, Burton, TA, Amaratunga, C, Men, S, Sovannaroth, S, Fay, MP, Miotto, O, Gwadz, RW, Anderson, JM, Fairhurst, RM

“…We show that contemporary artemisinin-resistant isolates from Cambodia develop and produce sporozoites in two Southeast Asian vectors, Anopheles dirus and Anopheles minimus, and the major African vector, Anopheles coluzzii (formerly Anopheles gambiae M). The ability of artemisinin-resistant parasites to infect such highly diverse Anopheles species, combined with their higher gametocyte prevalence in patients, may explain the rapid expansion of these parasites in Cambodia and neighbouring countries, and further compromise efforts to prevent their global spread.…”