Vale do Rio Juruá in western Acre, Brazil, is a persistent malaria transmission hotspot partly
due to fish farming development that was encouraged to improve local standards of living …

In Amazonian Peru, the primary malaria vector, Nyssorhynchus darlingi (formerly Anopheles
darlingi), is difficult to target using standard vector control methods because it mainly feeds …

Background In Brazilian Amazon, deforestation and other anthropogenic activities as a
consequence of human occupation have created new and artificial larval habitats for …

BACKGROUND Nyssorhynchus dunhami, a member of the Nuneztovari Complex, has been
collected in Brazil, Colombia, and Peru and described as zoophilic. Although to date Ny …

Rural settlements are social arrangements expanding in the Amazon region, which generate
disturbances in the natural environment, thus affecting the ecology of the species of …

Background Brazilian malaria control programmes successfully reduced the incidence and
mortality rates from 2005 to 2016. Since 2017, increased malaria has been reported across …

Background Deforestation is an important driver of malaria dynamics, with a relevant impact
on mosquito ecology, including larval habitat availability, blood-feeding behaviour, and peak …

Abstract Background In the Amazon Basin, Nyssorhynchus (Anopheles) darlingi is the most
aggressive and effective malaria vector. In endemic areas, behavioral aspects of anopheline …

Background Malaria remains an important public health problem in Peru where incidence
has been increasing since 2011. Of over 55,000 cases reported in 2017, Plasmodium vivax …

Nyssorhynchus darlingi (Root) is the dominant malaria vector in the Brazilian Amazon River
basin, with additional Anophelinae Grassi species involved in local and regional …