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

M Bertola, M Mazzucato, M Pombi, F Montarsi - Parasites & Vectors, 2022 - Springer
Despite the eradication of malaria across most European countries in the 1960s and 1970s,
the anopheline vectors are still present. Most of the malaria cases that have been reported in …

Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry: an emerging tool for studying the vectors of human infectious diseases

J Sevestre, AZ Diarra, M Laroche, L Almeras… - Future …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Arthropod vectors have historically been identified morphologically, and more recently using
molecular biology methods. However, both of these methods are time-consuming and …

Deep learning and wing interferential patterns identify Anopheles species and discriminate amongst Gambiae complex species

A Cannet, C Simon-Chane, M Akhoundi, A Histace… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
We present a new and innovative identification method based on deep learning of the wing
interferential patterns carried by mosquitoes of the Anopheles genus to classify and assign …

Geometric morphometrics versus DNA barcoding for the identification of malaria vectors Anopheles dirus and An. baimaii in the Thai-Cambodia border

T Chaiphongpachara, T Changbunjong… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Anopheles (Cellia) dirus Peyton & Harrison and Anopheles baimaii Sallum &
Peyton are sibling species within the Dirus complex belonging to the Leucosphyrus group …

Identification of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from Mexico State, Mexico using morphology and COI DNA barcoding

AA Adeniran, LM Hernández-Triana, AI Ortega-Morales… - Acta tropica, 2021 - Elsevier
Mosquitoes are commonly identified to species level using morphological traits, but
complementary methods for identification are often necessary when specimens are …

Extensive new Anopheles cryptic species involved in human malaria transmission in western Kenya

D Zhong, E Hemming-Schroeder, X Wang, S Kibret… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
A thorough understanding of malaria vector species composition and their bionomic
characteristics is crucial to devise effective and efficient vector control interventions to …

DNA barcoding reveals cryptic diversity in the underestimated genus Triplophysa (Cypriniformes: Cobitidae, Nemacheilinae) from the northeastern Qinghai-Tibet …

T Wang, Y Zhang, Z Yang, Z Liu, Y Du - BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2020 - Springer
Background The northeastern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) presents a high
number of plateau loach species. As one of the three major groups of fishes distributed on …

Wing Interferential Patterns (WIPs) and machine learning, a step toward automatized tsetse (Glossina spp.) identification

A Cannet, C Simon-Chane, M Akhoundi, A Histace… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
A simple method for accurately identifying Glossina spp in the field is a challenge to sustain
the future elimination of Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) as a public health scourge …

Modernizing the toolkit for arthropod bloodmeal identification

EM Borland, RC Kading - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The ability to identify the source of vertebrate blood in mosquitoes, ticks,
and other blood-feeding arthropod vectors greatly enhances our knowledge of how vector …

A targeted amplicon sequencing panel to simultaneously identify mosquito species and Plasmodium presence across the entire Anopheles genus

A Makunin, P Korlević, N Park… - Molecular ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Anopheles is a diverse genus of mosquitoes comprising over 500 described species,
including all known human malaria vectors. While a limited number of key vector species …