[HTML][HTML] What sounds like Aedes, acts like Aedes, but is not Aedes? Lessons from dengue virus control for the management of invasive Anopheles

R Allan, S Budge, H Sauskojus - The Lancet Global Health, 2023 - thelancet.com
Aedes mosquitoes are responsible for transmission of dengue, chikungunya, Zika, and
yellow fever viruses. Aedes mosquitoes are the pathfinders of invasive urban-living …

Anopheles stephensi in Africa: vector control opportunities for cobreeding an. Stephensi and Aedes arbovirus vectors

E Hemming-Schroeder, A Ahmed - Trends in parasitology, 2023 - cell.com
Anopheles stephensi is an urban malaria vector native in some Asian countries and recently
emerged in Africa as an invasive vector competent in transmitting Plasmodium falciparum …

The First Molecular Detection of Aedes albopictus in Sudan Associates with Increased Outbreaks of Chikungunya and Dengue

A Ahmed, M Abubakr, H Sami, I Mahdi… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
As part of our surveys of the invasive malaria vector Anopheles stephensi in four Sudanese
states, including North and South Kordofan, Sennar, and White Nile, we collected 166 …

[HTML][HTML] Detection of Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes by molecular surveillance, Kenya

EO Ochomo, S Milanoi, B Abong'o… - Emerging Infectious …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The Anopheles stephensi mosquito is an invasive malaria vector recently reported in
Djibouti, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Nigeria, and Ghana. The World Health Organization has …

Urban malaria may be spreading via the wind—here's why that's important

T Lehmann, R Bamou, JW Chapman… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Malaria remains the most important vector-borne disease in Africa, with over 590,000 deaths
annually (1). Although until now, malaria in Africa has been primarily a rural problem, the …

[HTML][HTML] Rift Valley fever and malaria co‐infection: a case report

Y Ali, EE Siddig, N Mohamed, A Ahmed - Clinical Case Reports, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Here we report a case of febrile illness that confirmed to be a co‐infection of malaria and Rift
Valley fever. The patient was initially diagnosed with malaria and started on treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Citizen Science as an Approach for Responding to the Threat of Anopheles stephensi in Africa

RM Carney, A Long, RD Low, S Zohdy… - … science: theory and …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Even as novel technologies emerge and medicines advance, pathogen-transmitting
mosquitoes pose a deadly and accelerating public health threat. Detecting and mitigating …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular surveillance leads to the first detection of Anopheles stephensi in Kenya.

EO Ochomo, S Milanoi, B Abong'o, B Onyango… - 2023 - researchsquare.com
Anopheles stephensi is an invasive malaria vector recently reported in Djibouti (2012),
Ethiopia, Sudan (2019), Somalia (2019) and most recently Nigeria (2020). The World Health …

Invasive Anopheles stephensi in Africa: insights from Asia

R Taylor, LA Messenger, TA Abeku, SE Clarke… - Trends in …, 2024 - cell.com
Anopheles stephensi is a highly competent urban malaria vector species, endemic in South
Asia and the Persian Gulf, which has colonised eight countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) …

Investigating the association between household exposure to Anopheles stephensi and malaria in Sudan and Ethiopia: A case-control study protocol

T Ashine, YA Ebstie, R Ibrahim, A Epstein, J Bradley… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background Endemic African malaria vectors are poorly adapted to typical urban ecologies.
However, Anopheles stephensi, an urban malaria vector formerly confined to South Asia …